Nehemiah 2:3
2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”
Nehemiah 3:6-7
3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
3:7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.
Nehemiah 3:10-11
3:10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite
his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.
3:11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.
Nehemiah 3:14
3:14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
Nehemiah 3:17
3:17 After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
Nehemiah 3:19-21
3:19 Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.
3:20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
3:21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.
Nehemiah 3:25
3:25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked
opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace
of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh
Nehemiah 4:23
4:23 We did not change clothes
– not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water.
Nehemiah 6:7
6:7 You have also established prophets to announce
in Jerusalem
on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.”
Nehemiah 7:7
7:7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of Israelite men was as follows:
Nehemiah 7:45
7:45 The gatekeepers:
the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.
Nehemiah 7:67
7:67 not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.
Nehemiah 7:69
7:69 (7:68)
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Nehemiah 8:12
8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food
with others
and to enjoy tremendous joy,
for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.