Nehemia 2:5

2:5 and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined ¹  and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.”

Nehemia 2:17

2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

Nehemia 6:6

6:6 Written in it were the following words:

“Among the nations it is rumored ²  (and Geshem ³  has substantiated ⁴  this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors ⁵  you are going to become their king.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “heard.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “Gashmu”; in Neh 2:19 this name appears as Geshem. Since it is important for the modern reader to recognize that this is the same individual, the form of the name used here in the translation is the same as that in v. 19.

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “is saying.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “words.” So also in v. 7.