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Berean Standard Bible

“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,”

Ezra 2:1

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Ezra 2 lists the exiles who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel after Cyrus's decree. Such lists show that each family mattered.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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,

World English Bible (WEB)

Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y ESTOS son los hijos de la provincia que subieron de la cautividad, de la transmigración que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia hizo traspasar á Babilonia, y que volvieron á Jerusalem y á Judá, cada uno á su ciudad:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Esta es la lista de los cautivos judíos que regresaron a Jerusalén y a las otras ciudades de Judá. Todos ellos eran hijos de los judíos que fueron llevados cautivos a Babilonia por el rey Nabucodonosor.

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