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 5:6

5:6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. ² 

Nehemiah 5:19

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

Nehemiah 13:8

13:8 I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.

Nehemiah 13:31

13:31 I also provided for ³  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits.

Please remember me for good, O my God.

Nehemiah 2:8

2:8 and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, ⁴  so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall ⁵  and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, ⁶  for the good hand of my God was on me.

Nehemiah 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ⁷  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ⁸ 

Nehemiah 2:2

2:2 So the king said to me, “Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.

Nehemiah 6:2

6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim ⁹  in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm.

Nehemiah 13:14

13:14 Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!

Nehemiah 2:6-7

2:6 Then the king, with his consort ¹⁰  sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, ¹¹  I gave him a time. 2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ¹²  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemiah 2:18

2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what ¹³  the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” ¹⁴  So they readied themselves ¹⁵  for this good project.

Nehemiah 13:22

13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

Nehemiah 5:18

5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “said to me.”

[5:6]  ² tn Heb “words.”

[13:31]  ³ tn The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Or “forest.” So HALOT 963 s.v. פַּרְדֵּס 2.

[2:8]  ⁵ tc One medieval Hebrew MS, the Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate, and the Arabic read here the plural וּלְחוֹמוֹת (ulÿkhomot, “walls”) against the singular וּלְחוֹמַת (ulÿkhomat) in the MT. The plural holem vav (וֹ) might have dropped out due to dittography or the plural form might have been written defectively.

[2:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.

[1:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

[6:2]  ⁶ tn It is not entirely clear whether the Hebrew word כְּפִירִים (kÿfirim) is a place-name not mentioned elsewhere in the OT (as indicated in the present translation; so also NAB, NASB) or whether it means “in [one of] the villages” (so, e.g., NIV, NRSV, NLT; see BDB 499 s.v.; HALOT 493 s.v.). The LXX and Vulgate understand it in the latter sense. Some scholars connect this term with the identically spelled word כּפירים (“lions”) as a figurative description of princes or warriors (e.g., Pss 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; Jer 2:15; Ezek 32:2, 13; Nah 2:14; see HALOT 493 s.v.): “let us meet together with the leaders in the plain of Ono.”

[2:6]  ⁷ tn Or “queen,” so most English versions (cf. HALOT 1415 s.v. שֵׁגַל); TEV “empress.”

[2:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “It was good before the king and he sent me.”

[2:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

[2:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”

[2:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”

[2:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”