Nehemia 2:11

Nehemiah Arrives in Jerusalem

2:11 So I came to Jerusalem. ¹  When I had been there for three days,

Nehemia 7:65

7:65 The governor ²  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ³  the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemia 11:20

11:20 And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

[2:11]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:65]  ² tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.

[7:65]  ³ tn Heb “stood.”