Discovery BoxNehemiah 4:19 
Context4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding 1 and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.
Nehemiah 5:17
Context5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, 2 in addition to those who came to us from the nations 3 all around us.
Nehemiah 6:8
Context6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. 4 All of this is a figment of your imagination.” 5
Nehemiah 6:12
Context6:12 I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. 6
Nehemiah 12:26
Context12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. 7
Nehemiah 12:29
Context12:29 and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 13:24
Context13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned 8 ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.
1 tn Heb “much.”
2 tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”
3 tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.
4 tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”
5 tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”
6 tn Heb “and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.”
7 tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”
8 tn Heb “people and people.”
