Ezra Chapter 2
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Introduction: Ezra Chapter 2 details specifically those who returned in the initial remnant.
I. The Exiles Return to Jerusalem
Ezr 2:1 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;
Ezr 2:2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
The reference to the province may be a generic reference to the greater body of those who went. It is derived from a word having the sense of a jurisdiction. It appears however, that those who returned eventually settled geographically where they and or their forefathers once dwelled. Mention is made of a Nehemiah and Mordecai along with others. Some have speculated if these were the notable Nehemiah who later rebuilt the wall or the Mordecai, uncle of Esther.
Chronologically, it would have been possible for the Mordecai mentioned to be the same one in Esther, though he would had to have returned. However, it was at least ninety years later that Nehemiah began his mission. That makes it highly unlikely they are one and the same man. It is moreover likely the Mordecai mentioned is not the same as the uncle of Esther either.
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