The number of them that returned from the captivity.

These (A)also are the sons [a]of the province that went up out of the captivity (whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried away unto Babel) and returned to Jerusalem, and to Judah, everyone unto his city,

Which came up with [b]Zerubbabel, to wit, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, [c]Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men [d]of the people of Israel was,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:1 Meaning, Judea, which was a province, that is, a country which was in subjection.
  2. Ezra 2:2 Zerubbabel was chief captain, and Jeshua the high Priest: but Nehemiah a man of great authority went not now, but came after 64 years.
  3. Ezra 2:2 This was not that Mordecai which was Esther’s kinsman.
  4. Ezra 2:2 Meaning, of the common people.

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