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Cross-References and Text Notes

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 3

h ver 27; S 2Sa 14:2

1 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor

2 3:6 Or Old

3 3:13 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters

4 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam

5 3:16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tomb

6 3:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 24); most Hebrew manuscripts Bavvai

b S ver 5

e S ver 1; Jn 5:2

Nehemiah 4

1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:33-38, and 4:7-23 is numbered 4:1-17.

2 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

m S Ne 1:8

n S Ne 1:5

3 4:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Nehemiah 5

p S Ne 2:6

1 5:15 That is, about 1 pound or about 460 grams

2 5:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac I

Nehemiah 6

1 6:2 Or in Kephirim

2 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu, a variant of Geshem

j S Ne 1:8

Nehemiah 7

1 7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.

2 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms

3 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72

4 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons

5 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons

Nehemiah 8

Nehemiah 9

g S Dt 6:4

1 9:5 Or God for ever and ever

2 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds

w S Ex 3:20; S 6:6

j S Dt 2:7

k S Dt 8:4

3 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the

4 9:38 In Hebrew texts this verse (9:38) is numbered 10:1.

Nehemiah 10

Nehemiah 11

Nehemiah 12

g ver 16; Zec 1:1

1 12:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 16); most Hebrew manuscripts Ginnethoi

2 12:5 A variant of Miniamin

3 12:14 Very many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also verse 3); most Hebrew manuscripts Shebaniah’s

m S ver 4

4 12:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 3); Hebrew Meraioth’s

5 12:31 Or go alongside

6 12:31 Or proceed alongside

7 12:38 Or them alongside

i S Ne 3:1

k S Ne 3:1

8 12:39 Or Old

Nehemiah 13