Nehemiah 5:2

5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain ¹  grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Nehemiah 9:31

9:31 However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

Nehemiah 7:2

7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem ²  my brother Hanani and Hananiah ³  the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

Nehemiah 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ⁴  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ⁵  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 6:18

6:18 For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him, ⁷  because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jonathan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

Nehemiah 9:17

9:17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. ⁸  But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. ⁹  You did not abandon them,

Nehemiah 9:19

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ¹⁰  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemiah 9:27-28

9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from ¹¹  their adversaries.

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ¹²  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ¹³  goodness that you had lavished ¹⁴  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹⁵  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemiah 13:26

13:26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made ¹⁶  him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).

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

[7:2]  ³ tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.

[9:30]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “were lords of oath.”

[9:17]  ⁵ tc The present translation follows a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX in reading בְּמִצְרָיִם (bÿmitsrayim, “in Egypt”; so also NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT) rather than the MT reading בְּמִרְיָם (bÿmiryam, “in their rebellion”).

[9:17]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere reading חֶסֶד (khesed, “loyal love”) rather than the Kethib reading וְחֶסֶד (vÿkhesed, “and loyal love”) of the MT.

[9:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”

[9:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

[9:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “given.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gave.”