Nehemiah 3:5
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
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the Tekoites

Nehemiah 3:27
And next to them, the Tekoites made repairs to another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, "Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa--what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

their nobles

Judges 5:23
Curse Meroz, ' says the angel of the LORD. 'Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.'

Jeremiah 5:4, 5
Then I said, "They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. . . .

1 Corinthians 1:26
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

1 Timothy 6:17, 18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. . . .

put not

Jeremiah 27:2, 8, 12
"This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. . . .

Jeremiah 30:8, 9
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them. . . .

Matthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 15:10
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.

International Standard Version
Next to them the Tekoites worked valiantly, even though their leading officials weren't fully dedicated to the work of their lord.

NET Bible
The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.
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