Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:3 
Context1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable 1 adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 2
Nehemiah 6:16
Context6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw 3 this, they were greatly disheartened. 4 They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
Nehemiah 8:12
Context8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food 5 with others 6 and to enjoy tremendous joy, 7 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.
Nehemiah 13:10
Context13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.
1 tn Heb “great.”
2 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.
3 tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).
4 tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).
5 tn Heb “to send portions.”
6 tn The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “to make great joy.”
