Ezra 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch. Ezra 2:1 is given again in Nehemiah 7:6 in connection with a covenant renewal under Nehemiah.) It shows that the exiled Judeans responded to Cyrus’s decree and saw it as a fulfillment of prophecy. The return is not just the end of the exile but also a reoccupation of the ancient Israelite homeland.

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