Ezra 2:1

The Names of the Returning Exiles

2:1 ¹ These are the people ²  of the province who were going up, ³  from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem ⁴  and Judah, each to his own city.

Ezra 2:59

2:59 These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify ⁵  their family connection ⁶  or their ancestry, ⁷  as to whether they really were from Israel):

Ezra 3:3

3:3 They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, ⁸  and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

Ezra 7:7

7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought ⁹  up to Jerusalem ¹⁰  some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

[2:1]  ¹ sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “the sons of.”

[2:1]  ³ tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (ha’olim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASV, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”

[2:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:59]  ⁵ tn Heb “relate.”

[2:59]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[2:59]  ⁷ tn Heb “their seed.”

[3:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[7:7]  ¹³ tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayya’al, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayya’alu, “they came up”) of the MT.

[7:7]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.