Ezra 2

Ezra 2

The List of Returning Exiles

Ne 7:6–73

1Now these are the people of the province who went up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah. Each returned to his own city.[#2Ki 24:14–16; 25:11]

2Those who came with Zerubbabel were Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.[#Ne 7:7; Hag 1:12]

68As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God.

69They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred priestly garments.[#2:69 About 1,100 pounds, or 500 kilograms.; #2:69 About 3 tons, or 2.8 metric tons.]

70So the priests and the Levites, along with some of the people, the singers, the porters, and those donated as temple servants, lived in their cities, with the result that all Israel resettled in their cities.[#Ne 7:73]

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