Nehemiah 4:3

4:3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Nehemiah 4:22

4:22 At that time I instructed ¹  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

Nehemiah 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives ²  and my associates ³  are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! ⁴ 

Nehemiah 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ⁵  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁶  in Jerusalem ⁷  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.” ⁸ 

Nehemiah 6:14

6:14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs – also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!

Nehemiah 6:17

6:17 In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

Nehemiah 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ⁹  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ¹⁰  me.

[4:22]  ¹ tn Heb “said [to].”

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “lads.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

[5:16]  ¹ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

[6:7]  ¹ tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ³ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “my words.”

[6:19]  ² tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).