Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ¹  of the province who returned ²  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ³  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ⁴  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ⁵  I had requested leave of the king,

Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ⁶  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ⁷  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

² tn Heb “who were going up.”

³ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Heb “to the end of days.”

⁷ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

⁸ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

⁹ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.