Nehemiah 2:14

2:14 I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

Nehemiah 5:2-4

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.” 5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 5:4 Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king ²  on our fields and our vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:16-17

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ³  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, ⁴  in addition to those who came to us from the nations ⁵  all around us.

Nehemiah 7:4

7:4 Now the city was spread out ⁶  and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. ⁷  At that time houses had not been rebuilt.

Nehemiah 7:65

7:65 The governor ⁸  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ⁹  the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 12:46

12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors ¹⁰  for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

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¹ tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).

² tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”

³ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

⁴ tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

⁵ tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

⁶ tn Heb “wide of two hands.”

⁷ tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.

⁹ tn Heb “stood.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (ro’shey, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head”) of the MT.