Nehemiah 2:4

2:4 The king responded, ¹  “What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:14

2:14 I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

Nehemiah 4:9

4:9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ²  both day and night.

Nehemiah 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors ³  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ⁴  and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:23

9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

Nehemiah 9:31

9:31 However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “said to me.”

[4:9]  ² tn Heb “against them.” The words “to protect” are added in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. Some emend MT עֲלֵיהֶם (’alehem, “against them”) to עָלֶיהָ (’aleha, “against it,” i.e., Jerusalem).

[9:16]  ³ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).