Nehemiah 5:2-4

5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain ¹  grain in order to eat and stay alive.” 5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 5:4 Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king ²  on our fields and our vineyards.

Nehemiah 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ³  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ⁴  me.

¹ tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).

² tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”

³ tn Heb “my words.”

⁴ tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).