Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:2-3 
Context1:2 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
1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable 4 adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 5
Nehemiah 2:13
Context2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons 6 and the Dung Gate, 7 inspecting 8 the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:20
Context2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. 9 But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” 10
Nehemiah 4:7
Context4:7 (4:1) 11 When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem 12 had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.
Nehemiah 4:22
Context4:22 At that time I instructed 13 the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.
Nehemiah 6:7
Context6:7 You have also established prophets to announce 14 in Jerusalem 15 on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” 16
Nehemiah 7:2
Context7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem 17 my brother Hanani and Hananiah 18 the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.
Nehemiah 7:6
Context7:6 These are the people 19 of the province who returned 20 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 21 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
Nehemiah 12:43
Context12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.
Nehemiah 13:6-7
Context13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 22 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 23 I had requested leave of the king, 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 13:16
Context13:16 The people from Tyre 24 who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places! 25
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 “great.”
5 tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Or “Well of the Serpents”; or “Well of the Jackals” (cf. ASV, NIV, NLT).
7 tn Or “Rubbish Gate” (so TEV); NASB “Refuse Gate”; NCV “Trash Gate”; CEV “Garbage Gate.”
8 tc For the MT reading שֹׂבֵר (sover, “inspecting”) the LXX erroneously has שֹׁבֵר (shover, “breaking”). However, further destruction of Jerusalem’s walls was obviously not a part of Nehemiah’s purpose.
9 tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.
10 tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).
11 sn Chapter 4 begins here in the Hebrew text (BHS). See the note at 4:1.
12 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
13 tn Heb “said [to].”
14 tn Heb “call.”
15 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
16 tn Heb “Let us consult together.”
17 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
18 tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.
19 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
20 tn Heb “who were going up.”
21 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.
22 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
23 tn Heb “to the end of days.”
24 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
25 tn The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem.
