Nehemia 6:1

Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues

6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

Nehemia 8:17

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. ¹ 

Nehemia 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ²  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ³  I had requested leave of the king,

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”

[13:6]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ³ tn Heb “to the end of days.”