4:1 (3:33) 3 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,
4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. 4 The people were enthusiastic in their work. 5
5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, 10 in addition to those who came to us from the nations 11 all around us.
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!
6:17 In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.
9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.
11:20 And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.
1 tn Heb “servant” (so KJV, ASV; NAB “slave”; NCV “officer.” This phrase also occurs in v. 19.
2 tc The Hebrew text lacks the verb “worked.” It is implied, however, and has been supplied in the translation.
3 sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:23 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:33 HT, 4:2 ET = 3:34 HT, 4:3 ET = 3:35 HT, 4:4 ET = 3:36 HT, 4:5 ET = 3:37 HT, 4:6 ET = 3:38 HT, 4:7 ET = 4:1 HT, etc., through 4:23 ET = 4:17 HT. Thus in the Hebrew Bible chap. 3 of the Book of Nehemiah has 38 verses, while chap. 4 has only 17 verses.
4 tn Heb “up to its half.”
5 tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”
6 tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”
7 tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).
8 tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”
9 tn Heb “we did not purchase.”
10 tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”
11 tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.
12 tn Heb “wide of two hands.”
13 tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”
14 tn Heb “heads of fathers.”
15 tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”
16 tn Heb “people and people.”