Nehemia 3:26-27

3:26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked ¹  up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. 3:27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemia 3:25

3:25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked ²  opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace ³  of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

Nehemia 12:36

12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of ⁴  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) ⁵ 

Nehemia 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁶  in Jerusalem ⁷  on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” ⁸ 

[3:26]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text lacks the verb “worked.” It is implied, however, and has been supplied in the translation.

[3:25]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “house of the king.”

[12:36]  ⁴ tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.

[12:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “was before them.”

[6:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”