Nehemiah 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed 1  governor 2  in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives 3  ate the food allotted to the governor. 4 

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 5  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 6  I had requested leave of the king,

1 tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).

2 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS פֶּחָה (pekhah, “governor”) rather than פֶּחָם (pekham, “their governor”) of the MT. One would expect the form with pronominal suffix to have a tav (ת) before the suffix.

3 tn Heb “brothers.”

4 tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

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

6 tn Heb “to the end of days.”