Nehemiah 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives ¹  and my associates ²  are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! ³ 

Nehemiah 7:2

7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem ⁴  my brother Hanani and Hananiah ⁵  the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

² tn Heb “lads.”

³ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.