Neh 5:15 | TNotes | STEP | 5:15 The former governors were probably Nehemiah’s immediate predecessors, not Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8 , about ninety years earlier) or Zerubbabel (Hag 1:1 , about eighty years earlier).

bEzra 1:8►

cHag 1:1►

‏ Nehemiah 5:15

5:15 ^a The former governors were probably Nehemiah’s immediate predecessors, not Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8 ^b, about ninety years earlier) or Zerubbabel (Hag 1:1 ^c, about eighty years earlier).