Ezra 2:1

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Ezra 2:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

3 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

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Ezra 5:8

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

Ezra 6:2

And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

Nehemiah 7:6

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Nehemiah 7:7

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

Nehemiah 7:8

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

Nehemiah 7:9

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

Nehemiah 7:10

the descendants of Arah, 652;

Nehemiah 7:11

the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

Nehemiah 7:12

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

Nehemiah 7:13

the descendants of Zattu, 845;

Nehemiah 7:14

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

Nehemiah 7:15

the descendants of Binnui, 648;

Nehemiah 7:16

the descendants of Bebai, 628;

Nehemiah 7:17

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

Nehemiah 7:18

the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

Nehemiah 7:19

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

Nehemiah 7:20

the descendants of Adin, 655;

Nehemiah 7:21

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

Nehemiah 7:22

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

Nehemiah 7:23

the descendants of Bezai, 324;

Nehemiah 7:24

the descendants of Hariph, 112;

Nehemiah 7:25

the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

Nehemiah 7:26

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

Nehemiah 7:27

the men of Anathoth, 128;

Nehemiah 7:28

the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

Nehemiah 7:29

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

Nehemiah 7:30

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Nehemiah 7:31

the men of Michmash, 122;

Nehemiah 7:32

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

Nehemiah 7:33

the men of the other Nebo, 52;

Nehemiah 7:34

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

Nehemiah 7:35

the descendants of Harim, 320;

Nehemiah 7:36

the men of Jericho, 345;

Nehemiah 7:37

the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

Nehemiah 7:38

and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

Nehemiah 7:39

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

Nehemiah 7:40

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Nehemiah 7:41

the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

Nehemiah 7:42

and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

Nehemiah 7:43

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah ), 74.

Nehemiah 7:44

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

Nehemiah 7:45

The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.

Nehemiah 7:46

The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

Nehemiah 7:47

the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon,

Nehemiah 7:48

the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,

Nehemiah 7:49

the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,

Nehemiah 7:50

the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,

Nehemiah 7:51

the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah,

Nehemiah 7:52

the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,

Nehemiah 7:53

the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

Nehemiah 7:54

the descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

Nehemiah 7:55

the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

Nehemiah 7:56

the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.

Nehemiah 7:57

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,

Nehemiah 7:58

the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

Nehemiah 7:59

the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

Nehemiah 7:60

The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

Nehemiah 7:61

The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

Nehemiah 7:62

the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

Nehemiah 7:63

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

Nehemiah 7:64

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 7:66

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

Nehemiah 7:67

in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

Nehemiah 7:68

They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

Nehemiah 7:69

435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Nehemiah 7:70

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 7:71

And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

Nehemiah 7:72

The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.

Esther 1:1

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 1:3

In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

Esther 1:8

By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

Esther 1:11

to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.

Esther 8:9

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Acts 23:34

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

2 Kings 24:14

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:16

The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

2 Kings 25:11

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

2 Chronicles 36:1

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

2 Chronicles 36:3

And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:4

Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 36:6

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:7

Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:8

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

2 Chronicles 36:12

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:14

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:15

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

2 Chronicles 36:17

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

2 Chronicles 36:18

who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

2 Chronicles 36:20

Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

2 Chronicles 36:21

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

2 Chronicles 36:23

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”

Jeremiah 39:1

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

Jeremiah 39:2

And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

Jeremiah 39:3

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:4

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

Jeremiah 39:5

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 39:6

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 39:11

Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”

Jeremiah 39:13

So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon

Jeremiah 39:14

had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

Jeremiah 39:15

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:

Jeremiah 39:16

“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.

Jeremiah 39:18

For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Jeremiah 52:2

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

Jeremiah 52:3

For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:4

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

Jeremiah 52:5

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Jeremiah 52:8

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

Jeremiah 52:9

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 52:10

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:11

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Jeremiah 52:14

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:15

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

Jeremiah 52:16

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 52:17

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

Jeremiah 52:19

The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

Jeremiah 52:20

As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

Jeremiah 52:21

Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

Jeremiah 52:22

The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

Jeremiah 52:23

Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

Jeremiah 52:24

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Jeremiah 52:25

Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

Jeremiah 52:26

Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:27

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

Jeremiah 52:28

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Jeremiah 52:29

in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 52:30

in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

Jeremiah 52:31

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

Jeremiah 52:32

And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:33

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

Jeremiah 52:34

And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Lamentations 1:5

Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

Lamentations 4:22

O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Zephaniah 2:7

The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.