Ezr 2:1, Neh 7:6, 11:3, Est 1:1, 22 | 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.

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,

Esther 1:22

22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, ^jto every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.