Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:4 
Context1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, 1 crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 6:17
Context6:17 In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.
Nehemiah 12:12
Context12:12 In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah 12:23
Context12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles 2 as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
Nehemiah 12:46
Context12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors 3 for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.
1 tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.
2 tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”
3 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.
