Genesis 49:10
49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs;
the nations will obey him.
Ezra 2:2
2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of Israelites was as follows:
Ezra 7:25-26
7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.
7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”
Nehemiah 2:9-10
2:9 Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official
heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.
Nehemiah 7:2
7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem
my brother Hanani and Hananiah
the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.