Nehemia 1:9

1:9 But if you repent ¹  and obey ²  my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, ³  I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemia 2:13

2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons ⁴  and the Dung Gate, ⁵  inspecting ⁶  the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemia 13:19

13:19 When the evening shadows ⁷  began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered ⁸  the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned ⁹  some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to me.”

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

[2:13]  ⁴ tn Or “Well of the Serpents”; or “Well of the Jackals” (cf. ASV, NIV, NLT).

[2:13]  ⁵ tn Or “Rubbish Gate” (so TEV); NASB “Refuse Gate”; NCV “Trash Gate”; CEV “Garbage Gate.”

[2:13]  ⁶ tc For the MT reading שֹׂבֵר (sover, “inspecting”) the LXX erroneously has שֹׁבֵר (shover, “breaking”). However, further destruction of Jerusalem’s walls was obviously not a part of Nehemiah’s purpose.

[13:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”

[13:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).

[13:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “caused to stand.”