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 4:18

4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter ²  remained with me.

Nehemiah 5:19

5:19 Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Nehemiah 9:2

9:2 Those truly of Israelite descent ³  separated from all the foreigners, ⁴  standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. ⁵ 

Nehemiah 9:9

9:9 “You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 9:33

9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. ⁷  It is we who have been in the wrong!

Nehemiah 11:9

11:9 Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

Nehemiah 11:16

11:16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders ⁸  of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

Nehemiah 11:23

11:23 For they were under royal orders ⁹  which determined their activity day by day. ¹⁰ 

Nehemiah 12:8

12:8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues ¹¹  was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

Nehemiah 13:11

13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ¹² 

Nehemiah 13:29

13:29 Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, ¹³  and the Levites.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “said to me.”

[4:18]  ² tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

[9:2]  ³ tn Heb “the seed of Israel.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons of a foreigner.”

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 16, 23, 32, 34, 36).

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Sea of Reeds.” Traditionally this is identified as the Red Sea, and the modern designation has been used in the translation for clarity.

[9:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “you have done truth.”

[11:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “who were of the heads.”

[11:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “the commandment of the king was over them.”

[11:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[12:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “he and his brothers.”

[13:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”

[13:29]  ¹⁰ tc One medieval Hebrew MS, the Lucianic Greek recension, and the Syriac Peshitta read the plural הַכֹּהֲנִים (hakkohanim, “the priests”) rather than the singular reading of the MT, הַכְּהֻנָּה (hakkÿhunnah, “the priesthood”).