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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;
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From Kingdom to Province
Scholars explain that the term "province" is significant. Judah was no longer a glorious, independent kingdom but a humbled province within the Persian empire. This change in status serves as a stark reminder, as one commentator notes, of how sin can lower a nation. The return, therefore, begins not with political triumph but with a humble new start under God's mercy.
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Ezra
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The province - Judaea was no longer a kingdom, but a mere “province” of Persia. The children of the province are the Israe…
19th Century
Anglican
The children of the province that went up out of the captivity. — They came from the captivity, which was now as…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now these are the children of the province Either of the province of Babylon, as Aben Ezra, where they were either b…
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An account was kept of the families that came up out of captivity. See how sin lowers a nation, which righteousness would exalt!
