Ezr 2:1, 5:8, Neh 7:6, 11:3, Est 1:1 | ESV | STEP | Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia . They returned to Jerusalem and Judah , each to his own town .

Ezra 2:1

The Exiles Return

1 ^aNow these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles ^bwhom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

Ezra 5:8

8 Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

Nehemiah 7:6

6 ^cThese were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.

Nehemiah 11:3

3 ^dThese are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah ^eeveryone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, ^fthe temple servants, ^gand the descendants of Solomon’s servants.

Esther 1:1

The King’s Banquets

1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned ^hfrom India to Ethiopia over ⁱ127 provinces,