Discovery BoxNehemiah 2:16 
Context2:16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.
Nehemiah 5:2
Context5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain 1 grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
Nehemiah 6:9
Context6:9 All of them were wanting 2 to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.”
So now, strengthen my hands! 3
Nehemiah 8:12
Context8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food 4 with others 5 and to enjoy tremendous joy, 6 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.
Nehemiah 9:11
Context9:11 You split the sea before them, and they crossed through 7 the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers 8 into the depths, like a stone into surging 9 waters.
Nehemiah 9:23
Context9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.
1 tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).
2 tn The participle has a desiderative nuance here, describing the desire of the subject and not necessarily the actual outcome. See also v. 14.
3 tn The statement “So now, strengthen my hands” is frequently understood as an implied prayer, but is taken differently by NAB (“But instead, I now redoubled my efforts”).
4 tn Heb “to send portions.”
5 tn The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “to make great joy.”
7 tn Heb “in the midst of.”
8 tn Heb “those who pursued them.”
9 tn Heb “mighty.”
