Nehemiah 2:3

2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors ¹  lies desolate and its gates destroyed ²  by fire?”

Nehemiah 2:7

2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ³  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemiah 2:9

2:9 Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.

Nehemiah 6:1

Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues

6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

Nehemiah 12:31

12:31 I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed ⁴  on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 13:7

13:7 and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

Nehemiah 13:9

13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ⁵  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

Nehemiah 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ⁶  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ⁷  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).

³ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

⁴ tc The translation reads וְהָאַחַת הֹלֶכֶת (vÿha’akhat holekhet, “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading וְתַהֲלֻכֹת (vÿtahalukhot, “and processions”).

⁵ tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

⁶ tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

⁸ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.