Nehemiah 3:23

3:23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

Nehemiah 4:6

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. ¹  The people were enthusiastic in their work. ² 

Nehemiah 4:13

4:13 So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. ³  I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

Nehemiah 4:17

4:17 who were rebuilding the wall. ⁴  Those who were carrying loads did so ⁵  by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

Nehemiah 9:1

The People Acknowledge Their Sin before God

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.

Nehemiah 9:4

9:4 Then the Levites – Jeshua, Binnui, ⁶  Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani – stood on the steps and called out loudly ⁷  to the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 10:30

10:30 “We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

Nehemiah 11:30

11:30 Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

Nehemiah 12:40

12:40 Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations ⁸  in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

Nehemiah 12:45

12:45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and ⁹  his son Solomon.

Nehemiah 13:11

13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ¹⁰ 

Nehemiah 13:24

13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ¹¹ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

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¹ tn Heb “up to its half.”

² tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

³ tc The MT preserves the anomalous Kethib form צְחִחִיִּים (tsÿkhikhiyyim); the Qere reads צְחִיחִים (tsÿkhikhim) which is preferred (BDB 850 s.v. צָהִיחַ; HALOT 1018 s.v. *צָהִיחַ).

tn The meaning of the Hebrew term צְחִיחִים (tsÿkhikhim) here is uncertain. Elsewhere (Ezek 24:7, 8; 26:4, 14) it refers to a shining or glaring surface of a rock (BDB 850 s.v. צָהִיחַ; HALOT 1018 s.v. *צָהִיחַ), but here it refers to an exposed or vulnerable portion of the wall: “open positions of the wall” (HALOT 1018 s.v. 2).

⁴ tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.

⁵ tn Heb “were carrying loads.” The LXX reads ἐν ὅπλοις (en hoplois, “with weapons”).

⁶ tc Heb “Bani.” The translation reads “Binnui” (so also NAB) rather than the MT reading “Bani.” Otherwise there are two individuals with the same name in this verse. The name “Binnui” appears, for example, in Neh 10:10.

⁷ tn Heb “in a great voice.”

⁸ tn Heb “stood.”

⁹ tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”

¹¹ tn Heb “people and people.”