Nehemia 1:4

1:4 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.

Nehemia 3:31

3:31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, ²  and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemia 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ³  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

Nehemia 12:37

12:37 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.

Nehemia 12:39

12:39 over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, ⁴  the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped ⁵  at the Gate of the Guard.

[1:4]  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.

[3:31]  ² tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

[12:39]  ⁴ tn Or “the Old Gate” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[12:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “they stood.”