Ezra 2:1

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been taken away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away to Babylon, and came back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;

Cross References

2 Kings 25:11

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that deserted to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard take away.

1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were taken away to Babylon for their transgression.

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

Ezra 1:11

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with those of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:2

Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Ezra 2:70

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Ezra 5:8

Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work progresses quickly, and prospers in their hands.

Ezra 6:2

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a scroll, and therein was a record thus written:

Ezra 8:35

Also the children of those that had been taken away, which had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety six rams, seventy seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Nehemiah 12:1

Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Esther 1:1

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty seven provinces:)

Esther 1:11

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

Esther 1:3

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the might of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

Esther 1:8

And the drinking was according to the law; no one was forced: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

Esther 8:9

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the twenty third day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, a hundred twenty seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Isaiah 48:20

Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, proclaim it even to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.

Jeremiah 50:19

And I will bring Israel back to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great slavery: she dwells among the heathen, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the narrow place.

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries are the head, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more take you away into captivity: he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will reveal your sins.

Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed upon it: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

Acts 23:34

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia;