# Connecting Statement:

Nehemiah is continuing to recount the number of people who returned from exile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Bigvai ... Adin ... Ater ... Hashum

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# The descendants of Ater, of Hezekiah

The writer has shortened this sentence. AT: "the descendants of Ater, who is a descendant of Hezekiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])