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King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived. <a href="/esv/ezra/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. <a href="/bsb/ezra/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, <a href="/kjv/ezra/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; <a href="/nkjv/ezra/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. <a href="/nasb_/ezra/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. <a href="/nasb/ezra/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. <a href="/nasb77/ezra/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. <a href="/lsb/ezra/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. <a href="/amp/ezra/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now these are the people of the province [of Judah] who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. <a href="/csb/ezra/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. <a href="/hcsb/ezra/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. <a href="/asv/ezra/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; <a href="/cev/ezra/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had captured many of the people of Judah and had taken them as prisoners to Babylonia. Now they were on their way back to Jerusalem and to their own towns everywhere in Judah. <a href="/erv/ezra/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; <a href="/gwt/ezra/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These were the people in the province. They were the ones who left the place where the exiles had been taken captive. (King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken them to Babylon.) These exiles returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went to their own cities. <a href="/gnt/ezra/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own hometowns. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners. <a href="/isv/ezra/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Here is a list of descendants of the province of Judah who returned from the captivity, from those who had been exiled. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken them to Babylon. They came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his town, <a href="/msb/ezra/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, <a href="/net/ezra/2.htm">NET Bible</a> These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. <a href="/nheb/ezra/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now these are the people of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city; <a href="/wbt/ezra/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now these are the children of the province that went up from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city; <a href="/web/ezra/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And these [are] sons of the province who are going up—of the captives of the expulsion that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they return to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city— <a href="/ylt/ezra/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And these are sons of the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city -- <a href="/slt/ezra/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And these the sons of the province coming up from the captivity of the exiles which Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile to Babel; and they will turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, a man to his city;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now these are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had transferred to Babylon, and who were returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his own city. <a href="/nabre/ezra/2.htm">New American Bible</a> These are the inhabitants of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away to Babylon, and who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, to their various cities <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Now these were the people of the province who came from those captive exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own towns.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> NOW these are the inhabitants of the province who went up out of the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon and they returned again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his own city; <a href="/hpbt/ezra/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And these are the children of the city who came up from the captivity that Nebukadnetsar King of Babel took captive and took them to Babel, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Yehuda, and they went, each man, to his city:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; <a href="/sep/ezra/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And these are the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city; <a href="/parallel/ezra/2-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=142" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezra/2.htm">The List of Returning Exiles</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">Now these are</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/4082.htm" title="4082: ham·mə·ḏî·nāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A province. From diyn; properly, a judgeship, i.e. Jurisdiction; by implication, a district; generally, a region.">of the province</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: hā·‘ō·lîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">who came up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: miš·šə·ḇî (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">from the captivity</a> <a href="/hebrew/1473.htm" title="1473: hag·gō·w·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Exiles, exile. Or golah; active participle feminine of galah; exile; concretely and collectively exiles.">of the exiles</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: heḡ·lāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">carried away</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: lə·ḇā·ḇel (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">to Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5020.htm" title="5020: nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·nɛṣ·ṣōr (N-proper-ms) -- A Bab. king. (Aramaic) corresponding to Nbuwkadne'tstsar.">by Nebuchadnezzar</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">its king.</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šū·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">They returned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: lî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">to Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: wî·hū·ḏāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">and Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: lə·‘î·rōw (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">to his own town,</a> 2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Nehemiah 7:6-73</a> These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, / accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel: / the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; ... <a href="/2_kings/25-11.htm">2 Kings 25:11-12</a> Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. / But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-22.htm">2 Chronicles 36:22-23</a> In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’” <a href="/jeremiah/52-28.htm">Jeremiah 52:28-30</a> These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; / in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; / in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away. <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a> On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. / A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. / Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10-14</a> For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. / For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. / Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ... <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Ezekiel 11:17</a> Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’ <a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">Haggai 1:1-11</a> In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating / that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” / Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: ... <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6-12</a> “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. / “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” / For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye— ... <a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Matthew 1:11-12</a> and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. / After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, <a href="/luke/3-27.htm">Luke 3:27</a> the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, <a href="/acts/2-5.htm">Acts 2:5-11</a> Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. / And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. / Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ... <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a> I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ... <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a> Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;the children<a href="/ezra/5-8.htm">Ezra 5:8</a> Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.<a href="/ezra/6-2.htm">Ezra 6:2</a> And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:<a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Nehemiah 7:6</a> These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;whom Nebuchadnezzar<a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14-16</a> And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land… <a href="/2_kings/25-11.htm">2 Kings 25:11</a> Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.<a href="/2_chronicles/36-1.htm">2 Chronicles 36:1-23</a> Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/1-11.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-11.htm">Babylonia</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/ezra/1-11.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/1-7.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezra/1-11.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/1-8.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezra/1-7.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a> <a href="/ezra/1-7.htm">Nebuchadnez'zar</a> <a href="/revelation/1-4.htm">Province</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Babylonia</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/ezra/3-8.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/ezra/2-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezra/4-10.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezra/2-68.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/3-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a> <a href="/ezra/5-12.htm">Nebuchadnez'zar</a> <a href="/ezra/4-10.htm">Province</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 2</div>1. <a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">The number that return of the people</a> 36. <a href="/ezra/2-36.htm">of the priests</a> 40. <a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">of the Levites</a> 43. <a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">of the Nethinims</a> 55. <a href="/ezra/2-55.htm">of Solomon's servants</a> 61. <a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">of the priests who could not show their pedigree</a> 64. <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">The whole number of them, with their substance</a> 68. <a href="/ezra/2-68.htm">Their offerings</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "province" indicates the administrative division under Persian rule, highlighting the shift from Babylonian to Persian control after Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BC. This return marks the beginning of the post-exilic period, a significant era in Jewish history.who came up from the captivity of the exiles The phrase "came up" is often used in the Bible to describe the journey to Jerusalem, which is geographically elevated. The "captivity of the exiles" refers to the Babylonian Exile, a pivotal event in Jewish history when many Israelites were forcibly taken to Babylon following the conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC. This return fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10</a>, where God promises to bring His people back after seventy years of exile.carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king Nebuchadnezzar II was the Babylonian king responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jewish people. This historical context is crucial, as it sets the stage for the fulfillment of God's promise to restore His people. The exile was a period of significant theological reflection and transformation for the Israelites, as seen in the writings of prophets like Ezekiel and Daniel.They returned to Jerusalem and Judah The return to Jerusalem and Judah signifies the physical and spiritual restoration of the Jewish people. Jerusalem, the city of David, holds deep religious significance as the location of the Temple, the center of Jewish worship. This return is seen as a fulfillment of God's covenant promises, as articulated in passages like <a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">Isaiah 44:28</a>, where Cyrus is named as the shepherd who will decree the rebuilding of Jerusalem.each to his own town This phrase emphasizes the restoration of the tribal and familial inheritances that were disrupted by the exile. The returnees were reestablishing their ancestral homes, which is significant for maintaining the identity and continuity of the Israelite tribes. This restoration is a type of the ultimate restoration promised in the Messianic age, where Jesus Christ, the true King, will gather His people and restore them to their spiritual inheritance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_the_province.htm">The People of the Province</a> Refers to the Israelites who were exiled to Babylon and are now returning to their homeland. This group is significant as they represent the remnant of Israel, chosen to restore the nation. 2. <a href="/topical/c/captivity_of_the_exiles.htm">Captivity of the Exiles</a> This event marks the period when the Israelites were taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, as a consequence of their disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar,_king_of_babylon.htm">Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon</a> The Babylonian king responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, and for taking the Israelites into exile. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The place of exile where the Israelites were held for approximately 70 years. It symbolizes a place of judgment and purification for the people of God. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem_and_judah.htm">Jerusalem and Judah</a> The homeland to which the exiles are returning. Jerusalem is the spiritual and political center of Israel, and Judah represents the southern kingdom of the divided Israelite nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a> The return from exile demonstrates God's control over nations and history. Despite the Israelites' disobedience, God orchestrates their return, fulfilling His promises. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a> The return to Jerusalem symbolizes hope and restoration. God is faithful to restore His people, even after periods of judgment and discipline. <a href="/topical/i/identity_and_purpose.htm">Identity and Purpose</a> The returning exiles are reminded of their identity as God's chosen people and their purpose to rebuild and restore the worship of Yahweh in Jerusalem. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_repentance.htm">Obedience and Repentance</a> The exile and return highlight the importance of obedience to God and the need for repentance. The Israelites' return is a second chance to live according to God's laws.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 2</a> <a href="/q/does_archaeology_confirm_ezra_2_1-70.htm">Is there archaeological evidence to confirm or refute the specific clans and numbers listed in Ezra 2:1–70? </a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_ezra's_life.htm">What are the key events in Ezra's life?</a> <a href="/q/pahrath-moab_children_freed__2,812_or_2,818.htm">How many children of Pahrath-Moab were freed from Babylonian captivity? 2,812 (Ezra 2:6) or 2,818 (Nehemiah 7:11)?</a> <a href="/q/is_neh._7_6-73_list_archaeologically_proven.htm">Does the detailed list of families and possessions in Nehemiah 7:6–73 have any archaeological corroboration, or could it be exaggerated? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezra/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) The children of the province that went up out of the captivity.--They came from "the captivity," which was now as it were a generic name--"Children of the captivity" in Babylon (<a href="/daniel/2-2.htm" title="Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.">Daniel 2:2</a>), in Judah (<a href="/ezra/4-1.htm" title="Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built the temple to the LORD God of Israel;">Ezra 4:1</a>)--and became "children of the province," the Judaean province of Persia.Every one unto his city.--So far, that is, as his city was known. The various cities, or villages, are more distinctly enumerated in Nehemiah.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - These are the children of the province. i.e. of Judaea, which was a province of Persia, distinguished here from Babylon, which was one of the capitals - a mode of speech indicating the foreign standpoint of Ezra. Unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city. Jerusalem was not the only site occupied by the people on their return. Many took up their abodes in the neighbouring towns and villages, such as Jericho, Tekoah, Gibeon, Mizpah, Zanoah, etc. (see <a href="/nehemiah/3-2.htm">Nehemiah 3:2-19</a>, and Nehemiah 7:20-35). These were chiefly persons whose families had belonged to those places. <a href="/commentaries/ezra/2-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now these [are] וְאֵ֣לֶּה ׀ (wə·’êl·leh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those the people בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of the province הַמְּדִינָ֗ה (ham·mə·ḏî·nāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4082.htm">Strong's 4082: </a> A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region who came up הָֽעֹלִים֙ (hā·‘ō·lîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively from the captivity מִשְּׁבִ֣י (miš·šə·ḇî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> Exiled, captured, exile, booty of the exiles הַגּוֹלָ֔ה (hag·gō·w·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> Exile, exiles carried away הֶגְלָ֛ה (heḡ·lāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal to Babylon לְבָבֶ֑ל (lə·ḇā·ḇel) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city by Nebuchadnezzar נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר (nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣar) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5020.htm">Strong's 5020: </a> Nebuchadnezzar -- a Babylonian king [its] king. מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king They returned וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּ (way·yā·šū·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Jerusalem לִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (lî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel and Judah, וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה (wî·hū·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites each אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person to his own town, לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (lə·‘î·rōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">OT History: Ezra 2:1 Now these are the children (Ezr. 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