Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 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, for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time I had requested leave of the king,


tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

tn Heb “who were going up.”

tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

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tn Heb “to the end of days.”