Nehemiah 11:2

11:2 The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 4:8

4:8 All of them conspired together to move with armed forces ¹  against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

Nehemiah 11:6

11:6 The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

Nehemiah 11:1

The Population of Jerusalem

11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, ²  while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine ³  remained in other cities.

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁴  in Jerusalem ⁵  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.” ⁶ 

Nehemiah 2:20

2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. ⁷  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ⁸ 

Nehemiah 11:3

11:3 These are the provincial leaders ⁹  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 11:22

11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ¹⁰  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ¹¹  I had requested leave of the king,

[4:8]  ¹ tn Heb “to fight.”

[11:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:1]  ² tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.

[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.”

[2:20]  ¹ tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

[2:20]  ² tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).

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

[13:6]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ² tn Heb “to the end of days.”