Nehemia 3:15

3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, ¹  by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

Nehemia 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ²  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ³  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁴ 

Nehemia 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ⁵  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

[3:15]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV “Shelah”). It apparently refers to the Pool of Siloam whose water supply came from the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah’s Tunnel built in 701 B.C. (cf. Isa 8:6). See BDB 1019 s.v. שִׁלֹחַ; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 372. On the etymology of the word, which is a disputed matter, see HALOT 1517 s.v. III שֶׁלַח.

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”