Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:3 
Context1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable 1 adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 2
Nehemiah 7:6
Context7:6 These are the people 3 of the province who returned 4 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 5 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
1 tn Heb “great.”
2 tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
4 tn Heb “who were going up.”
5 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.
