Nehemiah 2:3

2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors ¹  lies desolate and its gates destroyed ²  by fire?”

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 ³  their family connection ⁴  or their ancestry, ⁵  as to whether they were really from Israel):

Nehemiah 7:71

7:71 Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ⁶  met with ⁷  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:34

9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

Nehemiah 9:36

9:36 “So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy ⁸  its good things – we are slaves!

Nehemiah 11:13

11:13 and his colleagues who were heads of families ⁹  – 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Nehemiah 12:22-23

12:22 As for the Levites, ¹⁰  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ¹¹  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).

[7:61]  ³ tn Heb “relate.”

[7:61]  ⁴ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:61]  ⁵ tn Heb “their seed.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[9:36]  ⁷ tn The expression “to enjoy” is not included in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[11:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “heads of fathers.”

[12:22]  ¹¹ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

[12:23]  ¹³ tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”