OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 2:16

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The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

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Verse 16. Magistrates. Septuagint “guards.” Seganim denotes various officers. Calmet.—Work, or to any workmen. Bible.—None were now employed. Tirinus.

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