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 7:70

7:70 Some of the family leaders ⁵  contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, ⁶  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ⁷  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ⁸  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 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “darics” (also in vv. 71, 72).

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to the end of days.”