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.
1 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
2 tn Heb “who were going up.”
3 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.