Ezr 2:1-2 | 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 2:1-2

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. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, ^cMordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: