Nehemia 2:17-18
Konteks2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.” 2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what 1 the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” 2 So they readied themselves 3 for this good project.
Nehemia 5:14
Konteks5:14 From the day that I was appointed 4 governor 5 in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives 6 ate the food allotted to the governor. 7
Nehemia 5:18
Konteks5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.
[2:18] 1 tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”
[2:18] 2 tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”
[2:18] 3 tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”
[5:14] 4 tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).
[5:14] 5 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew