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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c.

The List of the Exiles Who Returned(A)

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles,(B) whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon(C) had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,(D)

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These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem(A) (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns(B)—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants(C)

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These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,(A)

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