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 2:19-20

2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, ²  they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” 2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. ³  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ⁴ 

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ⁵  met with ⁶  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 11:1

The Population of Jerusalem

11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, ⁷  while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine ⁸  remained in other cities.

Nehemiah 12:31

12:31 I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed ⁹  on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ¹⁰  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ¹¹  I had requested leave of the king,

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

[2:19]  ² tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “all this,” but they have been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[11:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.

[12:31]  ⁶ tc The translation reads וְהָאַחַת הֹלֶכֶת (vÿha’akhat holekhet, “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading וְתַהֲלֻכֹת (vÿtahalukhot, “and processions”).

[13:6]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the end of days.”