4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, 1 God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.
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.
1 tn Heb “it was known to us.”
2 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
3 tn Heb “who were going up.”
4 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.