Nehemiah 1:2

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, 1  along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, 2  and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. 3 

Nehemiah 7:73

7:73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.

The People Respond to the Reading of the Law

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites 4  were settled in their cities, 5 

Nehemiah 11:25

11:25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, 6  in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements,

Nehemiah 12:35

12:35 some of the priests 7  with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 8  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 9  I had requested leave of the king,

1 tn Heb “brothers.”

2 tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

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

4 tn Heb “the sons of Israel.” So also in vv. 14, 17; 9:1.

5 tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1.

6 tn Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.

7 tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”

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

9 tn Heb “to the end of days.”