Ezra 2:1
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.
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2 Kings 25:11Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first who lived in their possessions and in their cities were Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, and the temple servants.
2 Chronicles 36:20If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
Ezra 5:8Let it be known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with rough stones, and with timber set into the walls. And this work is being built up diligently, and it increases by their hands.
Nehemiah 7:6These are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity of the transmigration, those whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had taken away, and who returned into Jerusalem and Judea, each one to his own city.
Esther 1:1In the days of Artaxerxes, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred twenty-seven provinces,
Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:1
That many returned out of Babylon upon Cyrus's proclamation we were told in the foregoing chapter; we have here a catalogue of the several families that returned, ver. 1 . I. The leaders, ver. 2 . II. The people, ver. 3-35 . III. The priests, Levites, and retainers to the temple, ver. 35-63 . IV. The sum total, with an account of their retinue, ver. 64-67 . V. Their offerings to the service of the temple, ver. 68-70 . Read the whole commentary →