Nehemiah 3:6

3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. ¹  They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 3:14

3:14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ²  in Jerusalem ³  on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” ⁴ 

Nehemiah 7:65

7:65 The governor ⁵  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ⁶  the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 8:5

8:5 Ezra opened the book in plain view ⁷  of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, ⁸  all the people stood up.

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.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Or “the Old Gate” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[6:7]  ² tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

[7:65]  ³ tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.

[7:65]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood.”

[8:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the eyes.”

[8:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the book) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:31]  ⁵ tc The translation reads וְהָאַחַת הֹלֶכֶת (vÿha’akhat holekhet, “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading וְתַהֲלֻכֹת (vÿtahalukhot, “and processions”).