Nehemia 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ¹  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ² 

Nehemia 3:7

3:7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction ³  of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

Nehemia 9:11

9:11 You split the sea before them, and they crossed through ⁴  the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers ⁵  into the depths, like a stone into surging ⁶  waters.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ² 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.

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “to the seat.”

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the midst of.”

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who pursued them.”

[9:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “mighty.”