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 6:7-8

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ²  in Jerusalem ³  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.” ⁴ 

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ⁵  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ⁶ 

Nehemiah 6:14

6:14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs – also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ⁷  of the province who returned ⁸  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ⁹  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 7:61

7:61 These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify ¹⁰  their family connection ¹¹  or their ancestry, ¹²  as to whether they were really from Israel):

Nehemiah 7:67

7:67 not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.

Nehemiah 11:7

11:7 These are the descendants of Benjamin:

Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah,

Nehemiah 12:1

The Priests and the Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem

12:1 These are the priests and Levites who returned ¹³  with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Nehemiah 12:26

12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. ¹⁴ 

[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.

[6:7]  ² tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

[6:8]  ³ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

[6:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ⁶ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

[7:61]  ⁵ tn Heb “relate.”

[7:61]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:61]  ⁷ tn Heb “their seed.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “who went up.”

[12:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”