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Text -- Ezra 2:1-24 (NET)
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The Names of the Returning Exiles
2:1 These are the people of the province who were going up , from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon . They returned to Jerusalem and Judah , each to his own city .
2:2 They came with Zerubbabel , Jeshua , Nehemiah , Seraiah , Reelaiah , Mordecai , Bilshan , Mispar , Bigvai , Rehum , and Baanah . The number of Israelites was as follows:
2:3 the descendants of Parosh : 2,172 ;
2:4 the descendants of Shephatiah : 372 ;
2:5 the descendants of Arah : 775 ;
2:6 the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab ): 2,812 ;
2:7 the descendants of Elam : 1,254 ;
2:8 the descendants of Zattu : 945 ;
2:9 the descendants of Zaccai : 760 ;
2:10 the descendants of Bani : 642 ;
2:11 the descendants of Bebai : 623 ;
2:12 the descendants of Azgad : 1,222 ;
2:13 the descendants of Adonikam : 666 ;
2:14 the descendants of Bigvai : 2,056 ;
2:15 the descendants of Adin : 454 ;
2:16 the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah ): 98 ;
2:17 the descendants of Bezai : 323 ;
2:18 the descendants of Jorah : 112 ;
2:19 the descendants of Hashum : 223 ;
2:20 the descendants of Gibbar : 95 .
2:21 The men of Bethlehem : 123 ;
2:22 the men of Netophah : 56 ;
2:23 the men of Anathoth : 128 ;
2:24 the men of the family of Azmaveth : 42 ;
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Zerubbabel |
Temple, the Second |
Israel |
Captivity |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
Zechariah |
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL |
Bigvai |
Shephatiah |
Ater |
Bani |
Zattu |
Seraiah |
Bilshan |
Rehum |
HAGGAI |
Hashum |
Joab |
Raamiah |
Azgad |
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NET Notes: Ezr 2:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Ezr 2:2 The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.
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