The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa,(A) but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

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11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”(A) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

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11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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