Nehemiah 5:3

5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”

Nehemiah 7:4

7:4 Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt.

tn Heb “wide of two hands.”

tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”