1 Esdras 5:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ who spoke wise words to Persia’s King Darius, in the second year of his rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan.^[a]

⁷ These are the ones from Judea who came up out of their captivity in exile, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken to Babylon ⁸ and who returned to Jerusalem and Judea, each to their own city. They came with their leaders Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Resaiah, Eneneus, Mordecai, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelaiah,^[b] Rehum, and Baanah.