rulers. Hebrew. seganim, used of the Babylonian magistrates or prefects; occurs only in Ezra and Nehemiah.
did. was doing.
nor. Note the Figure of speech Paradiastole. App-6.
the rest: i.e. of those who had accompanied Nehemiah.
Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 2:16
Nehemiah 2:16
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.