Nehemiah 2:3

2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors ¹  lies desolate and its gates destroyed ²  by fire?”

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ³  of the province who returned ⁴  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ⁵  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 12:37

12:37 They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ⁵ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.