Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ¹  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ²  of the province who returned ³  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ⁴  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “much.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.