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. ¹ 

Nehemiah 12:36

12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of ²  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) ³ 

Nehemiah 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions ⁴  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ⁵  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ⁶  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ⁷ 

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

[12:36]  ² tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.

[12:36]  ³ tn Heb “was before them.”

[13:13]  ³ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “be over”

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “on their hand.”

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”