Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors, that had been before me, were chargeable to the people ,.... Between him and Zerubbabel, for Ezra was no governor; according to the Jewish chronology F13 Seder Olam Zuta, p. 108,109. , when Ezra came to Jerusalem, Zerubbabel returned to Babylon, and there died, and his son Methullam was in his stead, and after him succeeded Hananiah his son:

and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver ; which amounted to between four and five pounds, and this they had every day:

yea, even their servants bare rule over the people ; required a salary, or at least perquisites of them, which the governors connived at:

but so did not I, because of the fear of God ; neither took anything himself of the people, nor suffered his servants; because the fear of God was upon his heart, and before his eyes, and therefore could not allow himself to oppress the poor.