governor. Chaldee. pechah (modern "Pasha"). Tatnai was governor in Syria, Zerubbabel was governor in Judah. Compare verses: Ezra 5:6; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 7:13; Ezra 8:36; Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:7. and Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:2; Haggai 2:21.
companions. colleagues or associates.
commanded you. made. decree to you; given. firman.
make up. build. So the wall had already been built by Nehemiah. See the Chronological Structure, p. 617, and notes on p. 618; and App-58.