17 Moreover, there were (A)at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. 18 (B)Now what was prepared at my expense[a] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this (C)I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. 19 (D)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:18 Or prepared for me

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