Nehemiah 1:4

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 3:6

3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. ²  They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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 ³  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Nehemiah 3:19

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.

Nehemiah 3:30

3:30 After him ⁴  Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.

Nehemiah 4:6

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. ⁵  The people were enthusiastic in their work. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 4:11

4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, ⁷  “Before they are aware or anticipate ⁸  anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Nehemiah 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ⁹  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemiah 4:18

4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter ¹⁰  remained with me.

Nehemiah 5:9

5:9 Then I ¹¹  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! ¹²  Should you not conduct yourselves ¹³  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

Nehemiah 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ¹⁴  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ¹⁵  me.

Nehemiah 7:64

7:64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ¹⁶  from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 8:5

8:5 Ezra opened the book in plain view ¹⁷  of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, ¹⁸  all the people stood up.

Nehemiah 13:7

13:7 and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

Nehemiah 13:31

13:31 I also provided for ¹⁹  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits.

Please remember me for good, O my God.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.

[3:6]  ² tn Or “the Old Gate” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[3:17]  ³ tc The translation reads וְעַל (vÿ’al, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (’al, “unto”).

[3:30]  ⁴ tc The translation reads אַחֲרָיו (’akharayv, “after him”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than the reading אַחֲרֵי (’akharey, “after me”) of the MT. So also in v. 31.

[4:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “up to its half.”

[4:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

[4:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “said.”

[4:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “see.”

[4:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

[4:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

[5:9]  ⁹ tc The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (va’omar, “and I said”) rather than the MT Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer, “and he said”).

[5:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing…is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing…is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.

[5:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[should you not] walk.”

[6:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my words.”

[6:19]  ¹¹ tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[7:64]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they were desecrated.”

[8:5]  ¹² tn Heb “to the eyes.”

[8:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the book) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:31]  ¹³ tn The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.