Nehemiah 10:1

10:1 On the sealed documents were the following names: ¹ 

Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ² These are the words of Nehemiah ³  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ⁴  I was in Susa ⁵  the citadel.

[10:1]  ¹ tn The words “were the following names” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 9, 10, 14.

[1:1]  ² 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.

[1:1]  ³ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

[1:1]  ⁴ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

[1:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Shushan.”