Nehemiah 10:8

10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Nehemiah 5:6

5:6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. ¹ 

Nehemiah 7:64

7:64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ²  from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 12:7

12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders ³  of the priests and their colleagues ⁴  in the days of Jeshua.

Nehemiah 1:4

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ⁵  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 ⁶  in Jerusalem ⁷  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.” ⁸ 

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ⁹  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ¹⁰ 

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 ¹¹  of the province who returned ¹²  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ¹³  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 ¹⁴  their family connection ¹⁵  or their ancestry, ¹⁶  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 ¹⁷  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. ¹⁸ 

Nehemiah 6:6

6:6 Written in it were the following words:

“Among the nations it is rumored ¹⁹  (and Geshem ²⁰  has substantiated ²¹  this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors ²²  you are going to become their king.

Nehemiah 11:3

11:3 These are the provincial leaders ²³  who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,

Nehemiah 13:26

13:26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made ²⁴  him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

[5:6]  ¹ tn Heb “words.”

[7:64]  ¹ tn Heb “they were desecrated.”

[12:7]  ¹ tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).

[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]  ¹ tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ³ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

[6:8]  ¹ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

[6:8]  ² tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ³ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

[7:61]  ¹ tn Heb “relate.”

[7:61]  ² tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:61]  ³ tn Heb “their seed.”

[12:1]  ¹ tn Heb “who went up.”

[12:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

[6:6]  ¹ tn Heb “heard.”

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “Gashmu”; in Neh 2:19 this name appears as Geshem. Since it is important for the modern reader to recognize that this is the same individual, the form of the name used here in the translation is the same as that in v. 19.

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “is saying.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “words.” So also in v. 7.

[11:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the heads of the province.”

[13:26]  ¹ tn Heb “gave.”