¹tc Most Hebrew MSS read “Ginnethoi”; the translation follows a number of Hebrew MSS and the Vulgate (cf. Neh 12:16).
²tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).
³tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).
⁴tn Heb “he and his brothers.”
⁵tc The translation reads yNuw (we`unni) with the Qere rather than oNuw (we`uno) of the MT Kethib.
⁶tn Heb “begat.”
⁷tc The translation reads with the LXX iWlml (lemalluk) rather than ykWlml (limluki) of the Kethib (by dittography) or Wklml (limliku) of the Qere.
⁸tc Most Hebrew MSS read “Shebaniah”; the translation follows the reading of some Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and the Syriac (cf. Neh 12:3).
⁹tc The translation reads with the Lucianic Greek recension and the Syriac Peshitta tomrml (limremot) rather than the MT reading toyrml (limreyot). Cf. v. 3.
¹⁰tc The translation reads with the Qere and the Syriac Peshitta aodul (le`iddo’) rather than the MT reading aydul (la`adaya’) which probably arose through graphic confusion. Cf. v. 4.
¹¹tc The translation reads WLs (sallu) rather than the MT reading yLs (sallai). Cf. v. 7.
¹²tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.
¹³tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”
¹⁴tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”
¹⁵map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
¹⁶tn Heb “they sought.”
¹⁷tn Heb “from all their places.”
¹⁸tn Heb “the sons of the singers.”
¹⁹tc The translation reads tklh tjahw (weha’hat holeket, “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading tklhtw (wetahalukot, “and processions”).
²⁰tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”
²¹tn Heb “was before them.”
²²tc The translation reads tkloh (holeket, “was proceeding”) rather than the MT tklohh (haholeket, “the one proceeding”). The MT probably reflects dittography—accidental writing of h twice instead of once.
²³tn Or “the Old Gate.”
²⁴tn Heb “they stood.”
²⁵tn Heb “stood.”
²⁶tn Heb “caused to hear.”
²⁷tc The translation reads ydCm (missede, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading ydcl (lisde, “to the fields”).
²⁸tn Heb “standing.”
²⁹tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.
³⁰tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural yvar (ro’se, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular var (ro’s, “head”) of the MT.
³¹tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
³²tn Heb “were sanctifying.”