Ezra 2:1

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,

2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

3 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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,
KJV
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;
WEB
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;
ASV
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;
DARBY
And 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 to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,
BLB
And these [are] the sons of the province who came back from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his city,
ÅB
Dette var de menn fra landskapet Juda[^1] som dro hjem fra fangenskapet i det fremmede land - de som kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar hadde bortført til Babel, og som nå vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by,
OTB
Dette er folket fra provinsen som vendte tilbake fra fangenskapet av de bortførte, som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført i eksil til Babylon. De vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin egen by.
B1930
Dette var de menn fra landskapet Juda som drog hjem fra fangenskapet i det fremmede land - de som kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar hadde bortført til Babel, og som nu vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by, / < d.e. Judas rike, som dengang var et landskap i det persiske rike, ESR 5, 8. NEH 11, 3.>

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 25:11

    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.

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  • 2 Kings 24:14–16

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

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  • Nehemiah 7:6–73

    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,

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  • Esther 1:11

    to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.

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  • Jeremiah 52:1–34

    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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  • Zephaniah 2:7

    The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.

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  • Ezra 6:2

    And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

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  • Esther 1:3

    In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

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