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Ezr 2:1	Strong Concordance	Now these are the children [01121] of the province [04082] that went up [05927] out of the captivity [07628], of those which had been carried away [01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540] unto Babylon [0894], and came again [07725] unto Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], every one [0376] unto his city [05892];
	King James	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;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED. (Ezra 2:1-70) children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia. came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city--either the city that had been occupied by his ancestors, or, as most parts of Judea were then either desolate or possessed by others, the city that was rebuilt and allotted to him now.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED. (Ezra 2:1-70)

children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia.

came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city--either the city that had been occupied by his ancestors, or, as most parts of Judea were then either desolate or possessed by others, the city that was rebuilt and allotted to him now.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The province - Judaea was no longer a kingdom, but a mere "province" of Persia. "The children of the province" are the Israelites who returned to Palestine, as distinct from those who remained in Babylonia and Persia. Every one unto his city - That is, to the city whereto his forefathers had belonged. Of course, in the few cases where this was not known Ezr 2:59-62, the plan could not be carried out. Two other copies of the following list have come down to us - one in Neh. 7:7-69, and the other in 1 Esdras 5:8-43. All seem to have been taken from the same original document, and to have suffered more or less from corruption. Where two out of the three agree, the reading should prevail over that of the third.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
are the children Probably individuals from all of the tribes returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah, but speaking broadly, the dispersion of the ten tribes (Ephraim-Israel) still continues; nor can they now be positively identified. They are, however, preserved distinct from other peoples and are known to God as such, though they themselves, few in number, know Him not (Deu 28:62); (Isa 11:11-13); (Hos 3:4); (Hos 8:8). The order of the restoration was as follows: (1) The return of the first detachment under Zerubbabel and Jeshua (B.C. 536), Ezra 1-6, and the books of Haggai and Zechariah; (2) the expedition of Ezra (B.C. 458), seventy-eight years later (Ezra 7-10); (3) the commission of Nehemiah (B.C. 444), fourteen years after the expedition of Ezra. (Neh 2:1-5).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The title. - "These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of the carrying away (i.e., of those which had been carried away), whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city." In Neh 7:6 לבבל is omitted, through an error of transcription caused by the preceding בּבל; and וליהוּדה stands instead of ויהוּדה, which does not, however, affect the sense. המּדינה is the province whose capital was Jerusalem (Neh 11:3), i.e., the province of Judaea as a district of the Persian empire; so Ezr 5:8; Neh 1:2. The Chethiv נבוכדנצור is similar to the form Nebucadrezor, Jer 49:28, and is nearer to the Babylonian form of this name than the usual biblical forms Nebucadnezzar or Nebucadrezzar. For further remarks on the various forms of this name, see on Dan 1:1. They returned "each to his city," i.e., to the city in which he or his ancestors had dwelt before the captivity. Bertheau, on the contrary, thinks that, "though in the allotment of dwelling-places some respect would certainly be had to the former abode of tribes and families, yet the meaning cannot be that every one returned to the locality where his forefathers had dwelt: first, because it is certain (?) that all memorial of the connection of tribes and families was frequently obliterated, comp. below, Neh 7:61-64; and then, because a small portion only of the former southern kingdom being assigned to the returned community, the descendants of dwellers in those towns which lay without the boundaries of the new state could not return to the cities of their ancestors." True, however, as this may be, the city of each man cannot mean that "which the authorities, in arranging the affairs of the community, assigned to individuals as their domicile, and of which they were reckoned inhabitants in the lists then drawn up for the sake of levying taxes," etc. (Bertheau). This would by no means be expressed by the words, "they returned each to his own city." We may, on the contrary, correctly say that the words hold good potiori, i.e., they are used without regard to exceptions induced by the above-named circumstance. אשׁר־בּאוּ, Ezr 2:2, corresponds with the העלים of Ezr 2:1; hence in Neh 7:7 we find also the participle בּאים. They came with Zerubbabel, etc., that is, under their conduct and leadership. Zerubbabel (Ζοροβάβελ, זרבּבל or זרוּבבל, probably abbreviated from בּבל זרוּע, in Babylonia satus seu genitus) the son of Shealtiel was a descendant of the captive king Jehoiachin (see on Ch1 3:17), and was probably on account of this descent made leader of the expedition, and royal governor of the new settlement, by Cyrus. Jeshua (ישׁוּע, the subsequently abbreviated form of the name Jehoshua or Joshua, which is used Neh 8:17 also for Joshua the son of Nun, the contemporary of Moses) the son of Josedech (Hagg. Jos 1:1), and the grandson of Seraiah the high priest, who was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, was the first high priest of the restored community; see on Ch1 6:15. Besides those of Zerubbabel and Joshua, nine (or in Nehemiah more correctly ten) names, probably of heads of families, but of whom nothing further is known, are placed here. 1. Nehemiah, to be distinguished from the well-known Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah, Neh 1:1; 2. Seraiah, instead of which we have in Neh 7:7 Azariah; 3. Reeliah, in Nehemiah, Raamiah; 4. Nahamani in Nehemiah, Εὐηνέος in 1 Esdras 5:8, omitted in the text of Ezra; 5. Mordecai, not the Mordecai of the book of Esther (Est 2:5.); 6. Bilshan; 7. Mispar, in Nehemiah Mispereth; 8. Bigvai; 9. Rehum, in 1 Esdras Ροΐ́μος; 10. Baanah. These ten, or reckoning Zerubbabel and Joshua, twelve men, are evidently intended, as leaders of the returning nation, to represent the new community as the successor of the twelve tribes of Israel. This is also unmistakeably shown by the designation, the people of Israel, in the special title, and by the offering of twelve sin-offerings, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, at the dedication of the new temple, Ezr 6:16. The genealogical relation, however, of these twelve representatives to the twelve tribes cannot be ascertained, inasmuch as we are told nothing of the descent of the last ten. Of these ten names, one meets indeed with that of Seraiah, Neh 10:3; of Bigvai, in the mention of the sons of Bigvai, Ezr 8:14; of Rehum, Neh 3:17; Neh 12:3; and of Baanah, Neh 10:28; but there is nothing to make the identity of these persons probable. Even in case they were all of them descended from members of the former kingdom of Judah, this is no certain proof that they all belonged also to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, since even in the reign of Rehoboam pious Israelites of the ten tribes emigrated thither, and both at and after the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, many Israelites might have taken refuge and settled in Judah. The last words, Ezr 2:2, "The number of the men of the people of Israel," contain the special title of the first division of the following list, with which the titles in Ezr 2:36, Ezr 2:40, Ezr 2:43, and Ezr 2:55 correspond. They are called the people of Israel, not the people of Judah, because those who returned represented the entire covenant people.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The title. - "These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of the carrying away (i.e., of those which had been carried away), whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city." In Neh 7:6 לבבל is omitted, through an error of transcription caused by the preceding בּבל; and וליהוּדה stands instead of ויהוּדה, which does not, however, affect the sense. המּדינה is the province whose capital was Jerusalem (Neh 11:3), i.e., the province of Judaea as a district of the Persian empire; so Ezr 5:8; Neh 1:2. The Chethiv נבוכדנצור is similar to the form Nebucadrezor, Jer 49:28, and is nearer to the Babylonian form of this name than the usual biblical forms Nebucadnezzar or Nebucadrezzar. For further remarks on the various forms of this name, see on Dan 1:1. They returned "each to his city," i.e., to the city in which he or his ancestors had dwelt before the captivity. Bertheau, on the contrary, thinks that, "though in the allotment of dwelling-places some respect would certainly be had to the former abode of tribes and families, yet the meaning cannot be that every one returned to the locality where his forefathers had dwelt: first, because it is certain (?) that all memorial of the connection of tribes and families was frequently obliterated, comp. below, Neh 7:61-64; and then, because a small portion only of the former southern kingdom being assigned to the returned community, the descendants of dwellers in those towns which lay without the boundaries of the new state could not return to the cities of their ancestors." True, however, as this may be, the city of each man cannot mean that "which the authorities, in arranging the affairs of the community, assigned to individuals as their domicile, and of which they were reckoned inhabitants in the lists then drawn up for the sake of levying taxes," etc. (Bertheau). This would by no means be expressed by the words, "they returned each to his own city." We may, on the contrary, correctly say that the words hold good potiori, i.e., they are used without regard to exceptions induced by the above-named circumstance. אשׁר־בּאוּ, Ezr 2:2, corresponds with the העלים of Ezr 2:1; hence in Neh 7:7 we find also the participle בּאים. They came with Zerubbabel, etc., that is, under their conduct and leadership. Zerubbabel (Ζοροβάβελ, זרבּבל or זרוּבבל, probably abbreviated from בּבל זרוּע, in Babylonia satus seu genitus) the son of Shealtiel was a descendant of the captive king Jehoiachin (see on Ch1 3:17), and was probably on account of this descent made leader of the expedition, and royal governor of the new settlement, by Cyrus. Jeshua (ישׁוּע, the subsequently abbreviated form of the name Jehoshua or Joshua, which is used Neh 8:17 also for Joshua the son of Nun, the contemporary of Moses) the son of Josedech (Hagg. Jos 1:1), and the grandson of Seraiah the high priest, who was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, was the first high priest of the restored community; see on Ch1 6:15. Besides those of Zerubbabel and Joshua, nine (or in Nehemiah more correctly ten) names, probably of heads of families, but of whom nothing further is known, are placed here. 1. Nehemiah, to be distinguished from the well-known Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah, Neh 1:1; 2. Seraiah, instead of which we have in Neh 7:7 Azariah; 3. Reeliah, in Nehemiah, Raamiah; 4. Nahamani in Nehemiah, Εὐηνέος in 1 Esdras 5:8, omitted in the text of Ezra; 5. Mordecai, not the Mordecai of the book of Esther (Est 2:5.); 6. Bilshan; 7. Mispar, in Nehemiah Mispereth; 8. Bigvai; 9. Rehum, in 1 Esdras Ροΐ́μος; 10. Baanah. These ten, or reckoning Zerubbabel and Joshua, twelve men, are evidently intended, as leaders of the returning nation, to represent the new community as the successor of the twelve tribes of Israel. This is also unmistakeably shown by the designation, the people of Israel, in the special title, and by the offering of twelve sin-offerings, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, at the dedication of the new temple, Ezr 6:16. The genealogical relation, however, of these twelve representatives to the twelve tribes cannot be ascertained, inasmuch as we are told nothing of the descent of the last ten. Of these ten names, one meets indeed with that of Seraiah, Neh 10:3; of Bigvai, in the mention of the sons of Bigvai, Ezr 8:14; of Rehum, Neh 3:17; Neh 12:3; and of Baanah, Neh 10:28; but there is nothing to make the identity of these persons probable. Even in case they were all of them descended from members of the former kingdom of Judah, this is no certain proof that they all belonged also to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, since even in the reign of Rehoboam pious Israelites of the ten tribes emigrated thither, and both at and after the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, many Israelites might have taken refuge and settled in Judah. The last words, Ezr 2:2, "The number of the men of the people of Israel," contain the special title of the first division of the following list, with which the titles in Ezr 2:36, Ezr 2:40, Ezr 2:43, and Ezr 2:55 correspond. They are called the people of Israel, not the people of Judah, because those who returned represented the entire covenant people.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The province - Of Judah, called a province, Ezr 5:8. And he calls it thus emphatically to mind himself and his brethren of that sad change which their sins had made among them, that from an illustrious, independent, and formidable kingdom, were fallen to be an obscure, servile, and contemptible province, first under the Chaldeans, and now under the Persians.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
These are the children of the province - That is, of Judea; once a kingdom, and a flourishing nation; now a province, subdued, tributary, and ruined! Behold the goodness and severity of God! Some think Babylon is meant by the province; and that the children of the province means those Jews who were born in Babylon. But the first is most likely to be the meaning, for thus we find Judea styled, Ezr 5:8. Besides, the province is contradistinguished from Babylon even in this first verse, The children of the province - that had been carried away unto Babylon.

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⁸ Be it known [01934] [03046] unto the king [04430], that we went [0236] into the province [04083] of Judea [03061], to the house [01005] of the great [07229] God [0426], which is builded [01124] with great [01560] stones [069], and timber [0636] is laid [07761] in the walls [03797], and this [01791] work [05673] goeth [05648] fast [0629] on, and prospereth [06744] in their hands [03028].

⁵⁹ And these were they which went up [05927] from Telmelah [08528], Telharsa [08521], Cherub [03743], Addan [0135], and Immer [0564]: but they could [03201] not shew [05046] their father's [01] house [01004], and their seed [02233], whether they were of Israel [03478]:
⁶⁰ The children [01121] of Delaiah [01806], the children [01121] of Tobiah [02900], the children [01121] of Nekoda [05353], six [08337] hundred [03967] fifty [02572] and two [08147].
⁶¹ And of the children [01121] of the priests [03548]: the children [01121] of Habaiah [02252], the children [01121] of Koz [06976], the children [01121] of Barzillai [01271]; which took [03947] a wife [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569], and was called [07121] after their name [08034]:
⁶² These sought [01245] their register [03791] among those that were reckoned by genealogy [03187], but they were not found [04672]: therefore were they, as polluted [01351], put from the priesthood [03550].

¹ And it came to pass in the month [02320] Nisan [05212], in the twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king [04428], that wine [03196] was before [06440] him: and I took up [05375] the wine [03196], and gave [05414] it unto the king [04428]. Now I had not been beforetime sad [07451] in his presence [06440].
² Wherefore the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, Why is thy countenance [06440] sad [07451], seeing thou art not sick [02470]? this is nothing else but sorrow [07455] of heart [03820]. Then I was very [03966] sore [07235] afraid [03372],
³ And said [0559] unto the king [04428], Let the king [04428] live [02421] for ever [05769]: why should not my countenance [06440] be sad [03415], when the city [05892], the place [01004] of my fathers [01]' sepulchres [06913], lieth waste [02720], and the gates [08179] thereof are consumed [0398] with fire [0784]?
⁴ Then the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, For what dost thou make request [01245]? So I prayed [06419] to the God [0430] of heaven [08064].
⁵ And I said [0559] unto the king [04428], If it please [02895] the king [04428], and if thy servant [05650] have found favour [03190] in thy sight [06440], that thou wouldest send [07971] me unto Judah [03063], unto the city [05892] of my fathers [01]' sepulchres [06913], that I may build [01129] it.

⁸ Israel [03478] is swallowed up [01104]: now shall they be among the Gentiles [01471] as a vessel [03627] wherein is no pleasure [02656].

⁴ For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall abide [03427] many [07227] days [03117] without a king [04428], and without a prince [08269], and without a sacrifice [02077], and without an image [04676], and without an ephod [0646], and without teraphim [08655]:

¹¹ And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that the Lord [0136] shall set [03254] his hand [03027] again [03254] the second time [08145] to recover [07069] the remnant [07605] of his people [05971], which shall be left [07604], from Assyria [0804], and from Egypt [04714], and from Pathros [06624], and from Cush [03568], and from Elam [05867], and from Shinar [08152], and from Hamath [02574], and from the islands [0339] of the sea [03220].
¹² And he shall set up [05375] an ensign [05251] for the nations [01471], and shall assemble [0622] the outcasts [01760] of Israel [03478], and gather together [06908] the dispersed [05310] of Judah [03063] from the four [0702] corners [03671] of the earth [0776].
¹³ The envy [07068] also of Ephraim [0669] shall depart [05493], and the adversaries [06887] of Judah [03063] shall be cut off [03772]: Ephraim [0669] shall not envy [07065] Judah [03063], and Judah [03063] shall not vex [06887] Ephraim [0669].

⁶² And ye shall be left [07604] few [04592] in number [04962], whereas [0834] ye were as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064] for multitude [07230]; because thou wouldest not obey [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].

⁵⁵ The children [01121] of Solomon's [08010] servants [05650]: the children [01121] of Sotai [05479], the children [01121] of Sophereth [05618], the children [01121] of Peruda [06514],

⁴³ The Nethinims [05411]: the children [01121] of Ziha [06727], the children [01121] of Hasupha [02817], the children [01121] of Tabbaoth [02884],

⁴⁰ The Levites [03881]: the children [01121] of Jeshua [03442] and Kadmiel [06934], of the children [01121] of Hodaviah [01938], seventy [07657] and four [0702].

³⁶ The priests [03548]: the children [01121] of Jedaiah [03048], of the house [01004] of Jeshua [03442], nine [08672] hundred [03967] seventy [07657] and three [07969].

² Which came [0935] with Zerubbabel [02216]: Jeshua [03442], Nehemiah [05166], Seraiah [08304], Reelaiah [07480], Mordecai [04782], Bilshan [01114], Mispar [04558], Bigvai [0902], Rehum [07348], Baanah [01196]. The number [04557] of the men [0582] of the people [05971] of Israel [03478]:

²⁸ And the rest [07605] of the people [05971], the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], the porters [07778], the singers [07891], the Nethinims [05411], and all they that had separated [0914] themselves from the people [05971] of the lands [0776] unto the law [08451] of God [0430], their wives [0802], their sons [01121], and their daughters [01323], every one having knowledge [03045], and having understanding [0995];

³ Shechaniah [07935], Rehum [07348], Meremoth [04822],

¹⁷ After [0310] him repaired [02388] the Levites [03881], Rehum [07348] the son [01121] of Bani [01137]. Next unto him [03027] repaired [02388] Hashabiah [02811], the ruler [08269] of the half [02677] part [06418] of Keilah [07084], in his part [06418].

¹⁴ Of the sons [01121] also of Bigvai [0902]; Uthai [05793], and Zabbud [02072] [02139], and with them seventy [07657] males [02145].

³ Pashur [06583], Amariah [0568], Malchijah [04441],

¹⁶ And the children [01123] of Israel [03479], the priests [03549], and the Levites [03879], and the rest [07606] of the children [01123] of the captivity [01547], kept [05648] the dedication [02597] of this [01836] house [01005] of God [0426] with joy [02305],

⁵ Now in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002] there was a certain [0376] Jew [03064], whose name [08034] was Mordecai [04782], the son [01121] of Jair [02971], the son [01121] of Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Kish [07027], a Benjamite [01145];

⁷ Who came [0935] with Zerubbabel [02216], Jeshua [03442], Nehemiah [05166], Azariah [05838], Raamiah [07485], Nahamani [05167], Mordecai [04782], Bilshan [01114], Mispereth [04559], Bigvai [0902], Nehum [05149], Baanah [01196]. The number [04557], I say, of the men [0582] of the people [05971] of Israel [03478] was this;

¹ The words [01697] of Nehemiah [05166] the son [01121] of Hachaliah [02446]. And it came to pass in the month [02320] Chisleu [03691], in the twentieth [06242] year [08141], as I was in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002],

¹⁵ And Jehozadak [03087] went [01980] into captivity, when the LORD [03068] carried away [01540] Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] by the hand [03027] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019].

¹ Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] it came to pass, that the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], Moses [04872]' minister [08334], saying [0559],

¹⁷ And all the congregation [06951] of them that were come again [07725] out of the captivity [07628] made [06213] booths [05521], and sat [03427] under the booths [05521]: for since the days [03117] of Jeshua [03442] the son [01121] of Nun [05126] unto that day [03117] had not the children [01121] of Israel [03478] done so [06213]. And there was very [03966] great [01419] gladness [08057].

¹⁷ And the sons [01121] of Jeconiah [03204]; Assir [0617], Salathiel [07597] his son [01121],

¹ Now these are the children [01121] of the province [04082] that went up [05927] out of the captivity [07628], of those which had been carried away [01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540] unto Babylon [0894], and came again [07725] unto Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], every one [0376] unto his city [05892];

⁶¹ And these were they which went up [05927] also from Telmelah [08528], Telharesha [08521], Cherub [03743], Addon [0114], and Immer [0564]: but they could [03201] not shew [05046] their father's [01] house [01004], nor their seed [02233], whether they were of Israel [03478].
⁶² The children [01121] of Delaiah [01806], the children [01121] of Tobiah [02900], the children [01121] of Nekoda [05353], six [08337] hundred [03967] forty [0705] and two [08147].
⁶³ And of the priests [03548]: the children [01121] of Habaiah [02252], the children [01121] of Koz [06976], the children [01121] of Barzillai [01271], which took [03947] one of the daughters [01323] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] to wife [0802], and was called [07121] after their name [08034].
⁶⁴ These sought [01245] their register [03791] among those that were reckoned by genealogy [03187], but it was not found [04672]: therefore were they, as polluted [01351], put from the priesthood [03550].

¹ In the third [07969] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] came [0935] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] unto Jerusalem [03389], and besieged [06696] it.

²⁸ Concerning Kedar [06938], and concerning the kingdoms [04467] of Hazor [02674], which Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] shall smite [05221], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Arise [06965] ye, go up [05927] to Kedar [06938], and spoil [07703] the men [01121] of the east [06924].

² That Hanani [02607], one [0259] of my brethren [0251], came [0935], he and certain men [0582] of Judah [03063]; and I asked [07592] them concerning the Jews [03064] that had escaped [06413], which were left [07604] of the captivity [07628], and concerning Jerusalem [03389].

³ Now these are the chief [07218] of the province [04082] that dwelt [03427] in Jerusalem [03389]: but in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] dwelt [03427] every one [0376] in his possession [0272] in their cities [05892], to wit, Israel [03478], the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and the Nethinims [05411], and the children [01121] of Solomon's [08010] servants [05650].

⁶ These are the children [01121] of the province [04082], that went up [05927] out of the captivity [07628], of those that had been carried away [01473], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away [01540], and came again [07725] to Jerusalem [03389] and to Judah [03063], every one [0376] unto his city [05892];