# Connecting Statement:

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

# went up

This is an idiom that refers to traveling toward Jerusalem, which was on higher ground than the surrounding area. Alternate translation: "returned" or "came back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# Tel Melah ... Tel Harsha ... Kerub ... Addon ... Immer

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