Nehemiah 2:8
Context2:8 and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, 1 so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall 2 and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, 3 for the good hand of my God was on me.
Nehemiah 7:5
Context7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 4 the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 5 of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 6


[2:8] 1 tn Or “forest.” So HALOT 963 s.v. פַּרְדֵּס 2.
[2:8] 2 tc One medieval Hebrew
[2:8] 3 tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.
[7:5] 4 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
[7:5] 5 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
[7:5] 6 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.