Nehemiah 3:17

3:17 After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and ¹  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Nehemiah 4:6

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. ²  The people were enthusiastic in their work. ³ 

Nehemiah 12:38

12:38 The second choir was proceeding ⁴  in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

[3:17]  ¹ tc The translation reads וְעַל (vÿ’al, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (’al, “unto”).

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “up to its half.”

[4:6]  ³ tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

[12:38]  ³ tc The translation reads הוֹלֶכֶת (holekhet, “was proceeding”) rather than the MT הַהוֹלֶכֶת (haholekhet, “the one proceeding”). The MT probably reflects dittography – accidental writing of ה (hey) twice instead of once.