Nehemiah 2:16

2:16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.

Nehemiah 4:15-16

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ¹  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work. 4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, ²  shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people ³  of Judah

Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ⁴  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ⁵  this, they were greatly disheartened. ⁶  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 7:70

7:70 Some of the family leaders ⁷  contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, ⁸  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 10:33

10:33 for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God.

Nehemiah 11:12

11:12 and their colleagues ⁹  who were carrying out work for the temple – 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,

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.

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

[4:16]  ¹ tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

[4:16]  ² tn Heb “all the house.”

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “much.”

[6:16]  ¹ tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).

[7:70]  ¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[7:70]  ² tn Heb “darics” (also in vv. 71, 72).

[11:12]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 13, 14, 17, 19).