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Esdras 2:1
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Estos son los hijos de la provincia que subieron de la cautividad, de los desterrados que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, había llevado cautivos a Babilonia y que volvieron a Jerusalén y a Judá, cada uno a su ciudad,
Y ESTOS son los hijos de la provincia que subieron de la cautividad, de la transmigraci�n que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia hizo traspasar � Babilonia, y que volvieron � Jerusalem y � Jud�, cada uno � su ciudad:
Y �stos son los hijos de la provincia que subieron de la cautividad, de los desterrados que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, hab�a llevado cautivos a Babilonia, y que volvieron a Jerusal�n y a Jud�, cada uno a su ciudad;
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the children: Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:2, Nehemiah 7:6-73, Esther 1:1, Esther 1:3, Esther 1:8, Esther 1:11, Esther 8:9, Acts 23:34
whom Nebuchadnezzar: 2 Kings 24:14-16, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Chronicles 36:1-23, Jeremiah 39:1-18, Jeremiah 52:1-34, Lamentations 1:3, Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 4:22, Zephaniah 2:7
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 1:3 - the province Nehemiah 7:17 - Azgad Nehemiah 11:3 - the chief Nehemiah 12:1 - the priests Psalms 85:1 - thou hast Jeremiah 33:26 - I will
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now these are the children of the province,.... Either of the province of Babylon, as Aben Ezra, where they were either born, or had dwelt for many years; or else rather, according to Jarchi, of the province of Judea, as it is called, Ezra 5:8 once a flourishing kingdom, but reduced to a province of the Babylonian monarchy, now in the hands of the Medes and Persians, of which province they and their fathers originally were:
that went out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon; who either in person, or in their parents, were carried captive by him, and who were the tribes of Judah and Benjamin; and they are only mentioned, because they were the principal that returned, though there were some of the other tribes that also came up with them:
and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, everyone unto his city; that he dwelt in before, or was now assigned to him by lot, see Nehemiah 11:1, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The province - Judaea was no longer a kingdom, but a mere “province” of Persia. “The children of the province” are the Israelites who returned to Palestine, as distinct from those who remained in Babylonia and Persia.
Every one unto his city - That is, to the city whereto his forefathers had belonged. Of course, in the few cases where this was not known Ezra 2:59-62, the plan could not be carried out.
Two other copies of the following list have come down to us - one in Nehemiah 7:7-69, and the other in 1 Esdras 5:8-43. All seem to have been taken from the same original document, and to have suffered more or less from corruption. Where two out of the three agree, the reading should prevail over that of the third.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II
An account of those who returned from Babylon, 1-35.
The children of the priests who returned, 36-39.
Of the Levites, 40.
Of the singers, 41.
Of the porters, 42.
Of the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, 43-58.
Others who could not find out their registers, 59-62.
The number of the whole congregation, 63, 64.
Of their servants, maids, and singers, 65.
Their horses and mules, 66.
Their camels and asses, 67.
The offerings of the chief men when they came to Jerusalem,
68, 69.
The priests, Levites, singers, porters, and Nethinim, betake
themselves to their respective cities, 70.
NOTES ON CHAP. II
Verse Ezra 2:1. These are the children of the province — That is, of Judea; once a kingdom, and a flourishing nation; now a province, subdued, tributary, and ruined! Behold the goodness and severity of God! Some think Babylon is meant by the province; and that the children of the province means those Jews who were born in Babylon. But the first is most likely to be the meaning, for thus we find Judea styled, Ezra 5:8. Besides, the province is contradistinguished from Babylon even in this first verse, The children of the province-that had been carried away unto Babylon.
