Nehemiah 2:7

2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ¹  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemiah 2:17-18

2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.” 2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what ²  the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” ³  So they readied themselves ⁴  for this good project.

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 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁷  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁸  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 9:6

9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, ⁹  along with all their multitude of stars, ¹⁰  the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ¹¹  goodness that you had lavished ¹²  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹³  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemiah 13:19

13:19 When the evening shadows ¹⁴  began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered ¹⁵  the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned ¹⁶  some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

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

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”

[6:16]  ³ tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

[6:16]  ⁴ 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”).

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “said [to].”

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the heavens of the heavens.”

[9:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “all their host.”

[9:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “given.”

[13:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”

[13:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).

[13:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “caused to stand.”