Now the city was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a book of the genealogy of them, (A)which came up at the first, and found written therein,

These are the [a]sons of the province that came up from the captivity that was carried away (whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried away) and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:6 That is, the inhabitants of Judah.

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