Ezra 2:1King James Version - American EditionNow these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnez´zar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; See the chapter |
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mor´decai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.