# So I went up ... and I turned back

The other men with Nehemiah also followed him. AT: "So we went up ... and we turned back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# by the Valley Gate

"through the Valley Gate"

# the rest who did the work

This refers to the men who would later rebuild the walls. AT: "the others who would later do the work of rebuilding the walls" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])