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 

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ³ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

[13:6]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the end of days.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.