Nehemia 2:1

Nehemiah Is Permitted to Go to Jerusalem

2:1 Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, ¹  I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously ²  I had not been depressed ³  in the king’s presence. ⁴ 

Nehemia 9:8

9:8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a ⁵  covenant with him to give his descendants ⁶  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ⁷  for you are righteous.

Nehemia 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ⁸  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ⁹  me.

Nehemia 12:24

12:24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ¹⁰  David the man of God.

Nehemia 1:7

1:7 We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses.

Nehemia 12:9

12:9 Bakbukiah and Unni, ¹¹  their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

Nehemia 4:9

4:9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ¹²  both day and night.

Nehemia 4:5

4:5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended ¹³  the builders! ¹⁴ 

Nehemia 13:28

13:28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.

Nehemia 1:6

1:6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed ¹⁵  against you – both I myself and my family ¹⁶  have sinned.

Nehemia 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ¹⁷  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nehemia 9:28

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ¹⁸  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemia 3:27

3:27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemia 9:11

9:11 You split the sea before them, and they crossed through ¹⁹  the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers ²⁰  into the depths, like a stone into surging ²¹  waters.

Nehemia 2:19

2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, ²²  they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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 9:24

9:24 Their descendants ²³  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

Nehemia 9:10

9:10 You performed awesome signs ²⁴  against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians ²⁵  had acted presumptuously ²⁶  against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.

Nehemia 1:5

1:5 Then I said, “Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant ²⁷  with those who love him and obey ²⁸  his commandments,

Nehemia 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ²⁹  goodness that you had lavished ³⁰  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ³¹  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemia 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ³²  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ³³  All the people were eager to hear ³⁴  the book of the law.

Nehemia 4:1-2

Opposition to the Work Continues

4:1 (3:33) ³⁵  Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews, 4:2 and in the presence of his colleagues ³⁶  and the army of Samaria ³⁷  he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? ³⁸  Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”

Nehemia 8:5

8:5 Ezra opened the book in plain view ³⁹  of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, ⁴⁰  all the people stood up.

Nehemia 6:12

6:12 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. ⁴¹ 

Nehemia 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁴²  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁴³  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemia 1:11

1:11 Please, ⁴⁴  O Lord, listen attentively ⁴⁵  to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect ⁴⁶  to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me ⁴⁷  in the presence of this man.”

Now ⁴⁸  I was cupbearer for the king.

Nehemia 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ⁴⁹  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ⁵⁰  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ⁵¹ 

Nehemia 13:7

13:7 and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

Nehemia 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ⁵²  will live. They boldly turned from you; ⁵³  they rebelled ⁵⁴  and did not obey.

Nehemia 3:10

3:10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite ⁵⁵  his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

Nehemia 3:26

3:26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked ⁵⁶  up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

Nehemia 3:28

3:28 Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

Nehemia 3:19

3:19 Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

Nehemia 2:9

2:9 Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.

Nehemia 3:16

3:16 Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

Nehemia 3:23

3:23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

Nehemia 3:25

3:25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked ⁵⁷  opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace ⁵⁸  of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

Nehemia 3:29-31

3:29 After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked. 3:30 After him ⁵⁹  Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters. 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, ⁶⁰  and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemia 8:6

8:6 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Nehemia 9:32

9:32 “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity ⁶¹  – do not regard as inconsequential ⁶²  all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Nehemia 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ⁶³  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ⁶⁴ 

Nehemia 8:2

8:2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)

Nehemia 5:1

Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed

5:1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ⁶⁵ 

Nehemia 1:4

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ⁶⁶  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemia 5:7

5:7 I considered these things carefully ⁶⁷  and then registered a complaint with the wealthy ⁶⁸  and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral ⁶⁹  from your own countrymen!” ⁷⁰  Because of them I called for ⁷¹  a great public assembly.

Nehemia 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ⁷²  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ⁷³  I had requested leave of the king,

Nehemia 9:33

9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. ⁷⁴  It is we who have been in the wrong!

Nehemia 12:30

12:30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Nehemia 13:14

13:14 Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!

Nehemia 13:27

13:27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying ⁷⁵  foreign wives?”

Nehemia 8:16

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things ⁷⁶  back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple ⁷⁷  of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

Nehemia 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ⁷⁸  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ⁷⁹  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ⁸⁰ 

Nehemia 2:5

2:5 and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined ⁸¹  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.”

Nehemia 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ⁸²  met with ⁸³  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemia 9:18

9:18 even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious ⁸⁴  blasphemies.

Nehemia 13:1-2

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ⁸⁵  of the people. They found ⁸⁶  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, 13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ⁸⁷  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Nehemia 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ⁸⁸  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ⁸⁹  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ⁹⁰ 

Nehemia 8:9

8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, ⁹¹  Ezra the priestly scribe, ⁹²  and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, ⁹³  “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemia 9:37

9:37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, ⁹⁴  and we are in great distress!

Nehemia 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off ⁹⁵  your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

[2:1]  ¹ tc The translation reads with the LXX וְיַיִן לְפָנַי (vÿyayin lÿfanay, “and wine before me”) rather than יַיִן לְפָנָיו (yayin lÿfanayv, “wine before him”) of the MT. The initial vav (ו) on original וְיַיִן probably dropped out due to haplograpy or orthographic confusion with the two yods (י) which follow. The final vav on לְפָנָיו in the MT was probably added due to dittography with the vav on the immediately following word.

[2:1]  ² tc The translation reads לְפָנֵים (lÿfanim, “formerly”) rather than לְפָנָיו (lÿfanayv, “to his face”) of the MT. The MT seems to suggest that Nehemiah was not sad before the king, which is contrary to what follows.

[2:1]  ³ tn Or “showed him a sullen face.” See HALOT 1251 s.v. רַע, רָע 9.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn This expression is either to be inferred from the context, or perhaps one should read לְפָנָיו (lÿfanayv, “before him”; cf. the MT) in addition to לְפָנִים (lÿfanim, “formerly”). See preceding note on the word “previously.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “your words.”

[6:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “my words.”

[6:19]  ⁹ tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[12:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”

[12:9]  ¹¹ tc The translation reads וְעֻנִּי (vÿ’unni) with the Qere rather than וְעֻנּוֹ (vÿ’uno) of the MT Kethib.

[4:9]  ¹² tn Heb “against them.” The words “to protect” are added in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. Some emend MT עֲלֵיהֶם (’alehem, “against them”) to עָלֶיהָ (’aleha, “against it,” i.e., Jerusalem).

[4:5]  ¹³ tn The Hiphil stem of כָּעַס (ka’as) may mean: (1) “to provoke to anger”; (2) “to bitterly offend”; or (3) “to grieve” (BDB 495 s.v. Hiph.; HALOT 491 s.v. כעס hif). The Hebrew lexicons suggest that “bitterly offend” is the most appropriate nuance here.

[4:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “before the builders.” The preposition נֶגֶד (neged, “before”) here connotes “in the sight of” or “in the view of” (BDB 617 s.v. 1.a; HALOT 666 s.v. 1.a).

[1:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

[1:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the house of my father.”

[9:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”

[9:28]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

[9:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the midst of.”

[9:11]  ²⁰ tn Heb “those who pursued them.”

[9:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “mighty.”

[2:19]  ²² tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “all this,” but they have been added in the translation for clarity.

[9:24]  ²³ tn Heb “the sons.”

[9:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “signs and wonders.” This phrase is a hendiadys. The second noun functions adjectivally, while the first noun retains its full nominal sense: “awesome signs” or “miraculous signs.”

[9:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:10]  ²⁶ tn Or “arrogantly” (so NASB); NRSV “insolently.”

[1:5]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The phrase is a hendiadys: the first noun retains its full nominal sense, while the second noun functions adjectivally (“loyal love” = loving). Alternately, the first might function adjectivally and the second noun function as the noun: “covenant and loyal love” = covenant fidelity (see Neh 9:32).

[1:5]  ²⁸ tn Heb “keep.” The Hebrew verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “to observe; to keep”) is often used as an idiom that means “to obey” the commandments of God (e.g., Exod 20:6; Deut 5:16; 23:24; 29:8; Judg 2:22; 1 Kgs 2:43; 11:11; Ps 119:8, 17, 34; Jer 35:18; Ezek 17:14; Amos 2:4). See BDB 1036 s.v. 3.c.

[9:35]  ²⁹ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ³⁰ tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ³¹ tn Heb “given.”

[8:3]  ³² tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

[8:3]  ³³ tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

[8:3]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

[4:1]  ³⁵ sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:23 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:33 HT, 4:2 ET = 3:34 HT, 4:3 ET = 3:35 HT, 4:4 ET = 3:36 HT, 4:5 ET = 3:37 HT, 4:6 ET = 3:38 HT, 4:7 ET = 4:1 HT, etc., through 4:23 ET = 4:17 HT. Thus in the Hebrew Bible chap. 3 of the Book of Nehemiah has 38 verses, while chap. 4 has only 17 verses.

[4:2]  ³⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

[4:2]  ³⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[4:2]  ³⁸ tc The Hebrew text is difficult here. The present translation follows the MT, but the text may be corrupt. H. G. M. Williamson (Ezra, Nehemiah [WBC], 213-14) translates these words as “Will they commit their cause to God?” suggesting that MT לָהֶם (lahem, “to them”) should be emended to לֵאלֹהִים (lelohim, “to God”), a proposal also found in the apparatus of BHS. In his view later scribes altered the phrase out of theological motivations. J. Blenkinsopp’s translation is similar: “Are they going to leave it all to God?” (Ezra–Nehemiah [OTL], 242-44). However, a problem for this view is the absence of external evidence to support the proposed emendation. The sense of the MT reading may be the notion that the workers – if left to their own limited resources – could not possibly see such a demanding and expensive project through to completion. This interpretation understands the collocation עָזַב (’azav, “to leave”) plus לְ (lÿ, “to”) to mean “commit a matter to someone,” with the sense in this verse “Will they leave the building of the fortified walls to themselves?”

[8:5]  ³⁹ tn Heb “to the eyes.”

[8:5]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the book) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:12]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.”

[8:1]  ⁴² tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ⁴³ tn Heb “said [to].”

[1:11]  ⁴⁴ tn The interjection אָנָּא (’anna’) is an emphatic term of entreaty: “please!” (BDB 58 s.v.; HALOT 69-70 s.v.). This term is normally reserved for pleas for mercy from God in life-and-death situations (2 Kgs 20:3 = Isa 38:3; Pss 116:4; 118:25; Jonah 1:14; 4:2) and for forgiveness of heinous sins that would result or have resulted in severe judgment from God (Exod 32:31; Dan 9:4; Neh 1:5, 11).

[1:11]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “let your ear be attentive.”

[1:11]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “fear.”

[1:11]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “grant compassion.” The words “to me” are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness and style in English.

[1:11]  ⁴⁸ tn The vav (ו) on וַאֲנִי (va’ani, “Now, I”) introduces a disjunctive parenthetical clause that provides background information to the reader.

[9:30]  ⁴⁹ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:30]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[9:29]  ⁵² tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ⁵³ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ⁵⁴ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”

[3:10]  ⁵⁵ tc The translation reads נֶגֶד (neged, “before”) with a few medieval Hebrew MSS, some MSS of the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate, rather than וְנֶגֶד (vÿneged, “and before”) of the MT.

[3:26]  ⁵⁶ tc The Hebrew text lacks the verb “worked.” It is implied, however, and has been supplied in the translation.

[3:25]  ⁵⁷ tc The MT lacks the phrase אַחֲרָיו הֶחֱזִיק (’akharayv hekheziq, “after him worked”). This phrase is used repeatedly in Neh 3:16-31 to introduce each worker and his location. It probably dropped out accidentally through haplography.

[3:25]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “house of the king.”

[3:30]  ⁵⁹ tc The translation reads אַחֲרָיו (’akharayv, “after him”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than the reading אַחֲרֵי (’akharey, “after me”) of the MT. So also in v. 31.

[3:31]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

[9:32]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys. The second noun retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adjectivally: “the covenant and loyalty” = covenant fidelity.

[9:32]  ⁶² tn Heb “do not let it seem small in your sight.”

[1:3]  ⁶³ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ⁶⁴ tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

[5:1]  ⁶⁵ tn Heb “their brothers the Jews.”

[1:4]  ⁶⁶ 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.

[5:7]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “my heart was advised upon me.”

[5:7]  ⁶⁸ tn Heb “nobles.”

[5:7]  ⁶⁹ tn Heb “taking a creditor’s debt.” The Hebrew noun מַשָּׁא (masha’) means “interest; debt” and probably refers to the collateral (pledge) collected by a creditor (HALOT 641-42 s.v.). This particular noun form appears only in Nehemiah (5:7, 10; 10:32); however, it is related to מַשָּׁאָה (masha’ah, “contractual loan; debt; collateral”) which appears elsewhere (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; cf. Neh 5:11). See the note on the word “people” at the end of v. 5. The BHS editors suggest emending the MT to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”), following several medieval Hebrew MSS; however, the result is not entirely clear: “you are bearing a burden, a man with his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁷⁰ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁷¹ tn Heb “I gave.”

[13:6]  ⁷² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ⁷³ tn Heb “to the end of days.”

[9:33]  ⁷⁴ tn Heb “you have done truth.”

[13:27]  ⁷⁵ tn Heb “give a dwelling to.”

[8:16]  ⁷⁶ tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:16]  ⁷⁷ tn Heb “the house.”

[13:21]  ⁷⁸ tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ⁷⁹ tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

[13:21]  ⁸⁰ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.

[2:5]  ⁸¹ tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.

[8:13]  ⁸² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ⁸³ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[9:18]  ⁸⁴ tn Heb “great.”

[13:1]  ⁸⁵ tn Heb “ears.”

[13:1]  ⁸⁶ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.

[13:2]  ⁸⁷ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.

[4:14]  ⁸⁸ tn Heb “And I saw.”

[4:14]  ⁸⁹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[4:14]  ⁹⁰ tn Heb “houses.”

[8:9]  ⁹¹ tc The unexpected reference to Nehemiah here has led some scholars to suspect that the phrase “Nehemiah the governor” is a later addition to the text and not original.

[8:9]  ⁹² tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

[8:9]  ⁹³ tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[9:37]  ⁹⁴ tn Heb “according to their desire.”

[13:25]  ⁹⁵ tn Heb “give.”