Nehemiah 4:16

4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, ¹  shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people ²  of Judah

Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ³  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ⁴  this, they were greatly disheartened. ⁵  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 7:70

7:70 Some of the family leaders ⁶  contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, ⁷  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 11:12

11:12 and their colleagues ⁸  who were carrying out work for the temple – 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,

¹ tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

² tn Heb “all the house.”

³ tn Heb “much.”

⁵ tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

⁶ tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).

⁷ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁸ tn Heb “darics” (also in vv. 71, 72).

⁹ tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 13, 14, 17, 19).