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Nehemiah 2:8

Context
2:8 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 wall² 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 12:27

Context

The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem,⁴ they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived⁵ to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

¹tn Or “forest.” So HALOT 963 s.v. פַּרְדֵּס 2.

²tc One medieval Hebrew MS, the Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate, and the Arabic read here the plural וּלְחוֹמוֹת (ulÿkhomot, “walls”) against the singular וּלְחוֹמַת (ulÿkhomat) in the MT. The plural holem vav (וֹ) might have dropped out due to dittography or the plural form might have been written defectively.

³tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.

⁴map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁵tn Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.

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