Nehemiah 8:16

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things ¹  back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple ²  of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

Nehemiah 8:2

8:2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ³ These are the words of Nehemiah ⁴  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ⁵  I was in Susa ⁶  the citadel.

¹ tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the house.”

³ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

⁴ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

⁵ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

⁶ tn Heb “Shushan.”