Nehemiah 2:15

2:15 I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

Nehemiah 6:4

6:4 They contacted ¹  me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time. ² 

Nehemiah 13:9

13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ³  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

Nehemiah 9:28

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ⁴  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemiah 4:4

4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Nehemiah 4:12

4:12 So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly ⁵  about all the schemes ⁶  they were plotting ⁷  against us.

Nehemiah 5:11-12

5:11 This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest ⁸  that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.”

5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, ⁹  and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials ¹⁰  swear to do what had been promised. ¹¹ 

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ¹²  of the province who returned ¹³  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ¹⁴  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 1:9

1:9 But if you repent ¹⁵  and obey ¹⁶  my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, ¹⁷  I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemiah 2:6

2:6 Then the king, with his consort ¹⁸  sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, ¹⁹  I gave him a time.

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. ²⁰  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ²¹ 

Nehemiah 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ²²  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemiah 8:17

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. ²³ 

Nehemiah 9:17

9:17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. ²⁴  But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. ²⁵  You did not abandon them,

Nehemiah 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ²⁶  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ²⁷  will live. They boldly turned from you; ²⁸  they rebelled ²⁹  and did not obey.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ³⁰  goodness that you had lavished ³¹  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ³²  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

[6:4]  ¹ tn Heb “sent to.”

[6:4]  ² tn Heb “and I answered them according to this word.”

[13:9]  ¹ tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

[9:28]  ¹ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

[4:12]  ¹ tn Heb “ten times.”

[4:12]  ² tc The MT reads the anomalous מִכָּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹת (mikkol hammÿqomot, “from every place”) but the BHS editors propose כָּל־הַמְּזִמּוֹת (kol hammÿzimmot, “about every scheme”). The initial mem (מ) found in the MT may have been added accidentally due to dittography with the final mem (ם) on the immediately preceding word, and the MT qof (ק) may have arisen due to orthographic confusion with the similar looking zayin (ז). The emendation restores sense to the line in the MT, which makes little sense and features an abrupt change of referents: “Wherever you turn, they will be upon us!” The threat was not against the villagers living nearby but against those repairing the wall, as the following context indicates. See also the following note on the word “plotting.”

[4:12]  ³ tc The MT reads תָּשׁוּבוּ (tashuvu, “you turn”) which is awkward contextually. The BHS editors propose emending to חָשְׁבוּ (hashÿvu, “they were plotting”) which harmonizes well with the context. This emendation involves mere orthographic confusion between similar looking ח (khet) and ת (tav), and the resultant dittography of middle vav (ו) in MT. See also the preceding note on the word “schemes.”

[5:11]  ¹ tc The MT reads וּמְאַת (umÿ’at, “and the hundredth”) which is somewhat enigmatic. The BHS editors suggest emending to וּמַשַּׁאת (umasha’t, “and the debt”) which refers to the interest or collateral (pledge) seized by a creditor (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; see HALOT 641-42 s.v. מַשָּׁא). The term מַשַּׁאת (masha’t) is related to the noun מָשָּׁא (masha’, “debt”) in 5:7, 10.

[5:12]  ¹ tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ² tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ³ tn Heb “according to this word.”

[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.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to me.”

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “queen,” so most English versions (cf. HALOT 1415 s.v. שֵׁגַל); TEV “empress.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “It was good before the king and he sent me.”

[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”).

[4:15]  ¹ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”

[9:17]  ¹ tc The present translation follows a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX in reading בְּמִצְרָיִם (bÿmitsrayim, “in Egypt”; so also NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT) rather than the MT reading בְּמִרְיָם (bÿmiryam, “in their rebellion”).

[9:17]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere reading חֶסֶד (khesed, “loyal love”) rather than the Kethib reading וְחֶסֶד (vÿkhesed, “and loyal love”) of the MT.

[9:26]  ¹ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”

[9:29]  ¹ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ² tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ³ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”

[9:35]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ² tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ³ tn Heb “given.”