The List of the Exiles Who Returned^(A)

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

¹⁶ Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication^(A) of the house of God with joy.