Nehemia 1:2

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, ¹  along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, ²  and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. ³ 

Nehemia 6:10

6:10 Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. ⁴  He said, “Let’s set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let’s close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you.”

Nehemia 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ⁵  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ⁶  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁷ 

Nehemia 11:3

11:3 These are the provincial leaders ⁸  who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[1:2]  ² tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:2]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “shut in.” The reason for his confinement is not stated. BDB 783 s.v. עָצַר suggests that it had to do with the fulfillment of a vow or was related to an issue of ceremonial uncleanness.

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the heads of the province.”