The Exiles Who Returned

These(A) now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon[a] had deported to Babylon.(B) They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. They came with Zerubbabel,(C) Jeshua,(D) Nehemiah, Seraiah,(E) Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included:[b]

Parosh’s descendants(F)2,172
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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c.
  2. Ezra 2:2 Lit the men of the people of Israel

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