See Nehemiah 5:14 for. longer note that applies to this verse.
beside. Heb, 'ahar. after: i.e. after the rate of, as in Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 18:12. Rendered "beside" only here, out of several hundred times.
Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:15
Nehemiah 5:15
15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.