Now these are the people of the province who came back from 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 own city.

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒从前掳到巴比伦之犹大省的人，现在他们的子孙从被掳到之地回耶路撒冷和犹大，各归本城。

这些是从被掳之地上来的省民，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒把他们掳到巴比伦，他们重返耶路撒冷和犹大，各归本城。

这些是从被掳之地上来的省民，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒把他们掳到巴比伦，他们重返耶路撒冷和犹大，各归本城。

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒从前把犹大省的人掳到巴比伦，这些人的子孙从流亡之地返回耶路撒冷和犹大后，各回本城。

这些犹大省的人，从前被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒掳到巴比伦去，现在他们从被掳之地回到耶路撒冷和犹大，各归自己的城镇。

巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒從前擄到巴比倫之猶大省的人，現在他們的子孫從被擄到之地回耶路撒冷和猶大，各歸本城。

這些是從被擄之地上來的省民，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒把他們擄到巴比倫，他們重返耶路撒冷和猶大，各歸本城。

這些是從被擄之地上來的省民，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒把他們擄到巴比倫，他們重返耶路撒冷和猶大，各歸本城。

巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒從前把猶大省的人擄到巴比倫，這些人的子孫從流亡之地返回耶路撒冷和猶大後，各回本城。

這些猶大省的人，從前被巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒擄到巴比倫去，現在他們從被擄之地回到耶路撒冷和猶大，各歸自己的城鎮。

以下是猶大省的人，從前巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒使他們流亡到巴比倫去的；現在他們中間有人從流亡中之被擄地上來，返回耶路撒冷和猶大，各歸本城。

猶大州人、為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒虜至巴比倫者、今自俘囚、返耶路撒冷及猶大、各歸其邑、

昔巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒、擄以色列族、今所羅把伯、耶書亞、尼希米、西勑亞、哩來亞、木底改、必山、密八、必歪、哩宏、巴拿、率被虜之子孫、自巴比倫、歸猶大耶路撒冷、各赴故邑、其數臚列於左。

昔巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒所擄以色列民至巴比倫者、今其子孫自擄至之地、上歸耶路撒冷及猶大、居於猶大州者、各赴故邑、率其歸者、乃所羅巴伯、耶書亞、尼希米、西萊雅、利萊雅、末底改、必珊、密拔、比革瓦伊、利宏、巴拿、此旋歸之以色列民之人數、臚列於左、

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon( they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,

Nebuchadnezzar had taken many Jews away from the land of Judah. He had forced them to go to Babylon as prisoners. Now they returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went back to their own towns. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.

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.

Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.

These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.

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;

These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

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;

These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

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;

These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;the sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;the sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;the sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight;the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven;the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;the sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;the sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;the sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;the men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two;the men of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;the sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;the sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;the sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two;the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;the sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Salmai,the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim,the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah,the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the sons of Amon.All the Nethinim, and the sons of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not identify their father’s house nor their lineage, whether they were of Israel:the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two;and of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.

Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Judah has gone into captivity, Under affliction and hard servitude; She dwells among the nations, She finds no rest; All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.Jehoiachin was eight 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.At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon.Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!

Her adversaries have become the master, Her enemies prosper; For the Lord has afflicted her Because of the multitude of her transgressions. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him.Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month( which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poor people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.The bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all their bronze to Babylon.They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the bowls, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.The basins, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the spoons, and the cups, whatever was solid gold and whatever was solid silver, the captain of the guard took away.The two pillars, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord— the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. The second pillar, with pomegranates was the same.There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons;in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons. All the persons were four thousand six hundred.Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon.So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain.But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes in Riblah; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained.But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,“ Take him and look after him, and do him no harm; but do to him just as he says to you.”So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent Nebushasban, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s chief officers;then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.Meanwhile the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,“ Go and speak to Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying,‘ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:“ Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for adversity and not for good, and they shall be performed in that day before you.But I will deliver you in that day,” says the Lord,“ and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’”

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus( this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia),

In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had ordered all the officers of his household, that they should do according to each man’s pleasure.

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins!

that in the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his officials and servants— the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of the provinces being before him—

to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, for she was beautiful to behold.

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

The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; They shall feed their flocks there; In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will intervene for them, And return their captives.

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.