25 lines
1020 B
Markdown
25 lines
1020 B
Markdown
(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
|
|
|
|
## twentieth year until the thirty-second year of Artexerxes the king ##
|
|
|
|
Years in the ancient Near East were measured by the year of a king's reign.
|
|
|
|
## twelve years ##
|
|
|
|
Nehemiah is restating the number of years for emphasis. AT: "during that entire time"
|
|
|
|
## neither I nor my brothers ate the food provided for the governor ##
|
|
|
|
"Neither my brothers nor I ate the food provided for the governor." This food was provided by the king and was part of what a governor was paid by the people. Because the people were starving, Nehemiah chose not to make use of this privilege.
|
|
|
|
## former governors ##
|
|
|
|
"previous governors" or "governors from the past" Nehemiah was not the first governor of Judah.
|
|
|
|
## took from them forty shekels of silver for their daily food and wine ##
|
|
|
|
AT: "from them forty shekels of silver in addition to daily food and wine."
|
|
|
|
## shekel ##
|
|
|
|
(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalweight]]) |