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.
7:63 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
13:19 When the evening shadows 4 began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered 5 the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned 6 some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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.
4 tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”
5 tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).
6 tn Heb “caused to stand.”