Discovery BoxNehemiah 2:3 
Context2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors 1 lies desolate and its gates destroyed 2 by fire?”
Nehemiah 2:5
Context2:5 and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined 3 and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.”
Nehemiah 7:6
Context7:6 These are the people 4 of the province who returned 5 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 6 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
Nehemiah 11:1
Context11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, 7 while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine 8 remained in other cities.
Nehemiah 12:37
Context12:37 They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.
Nehemiah 13:18
Context13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors 9 acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”
1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).
2 tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).
3 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.
4 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
5 tn Heb “who were going up.”
6 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.
9 tn Heb “your fathers.”
