Verse 6

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, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dette er folket fra provinsen som kom tilbake fra fangenskapet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført i eksil. De vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin egen by.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dette er innbyggerne i provinsen som kom opp fra fangenskapet, fra dem som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort, og som kom igjen til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by.

• Norsk King James

  Disse er innbyggerne i provinsen som dro opp fra fangenskapet, av dem som var bortført av Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og som kom tilbake til Jerusalem og Judea, hver til sin by;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dette er folket fra provinsen som kom opp fra fangenskapet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen i Babylon, hadde ført bort, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin egen by,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dette er folkene fra provinsen som dro opp fra fangenskapet, som kong Nebukadnesar av Babylon hadde bortført, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dette er folkets barn fra provinsen som vendte tilbake fra fangenskapet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort, og vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Dette er sønnene av provinsen som drog opp fra fangenskapet, de som ble bortført av Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dette er folkets barn fra provinsen som vendte tilbake fra fangenskapet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort, og vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dette er de som kom tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda fra eksilet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babel, hadde ført bort, men som nå vendte tilbake til sine byer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dette er de folkene fra landsdelen som dro opp fra fangenskapet til dem Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort til eksil, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Disse ere de Folk af Landskabet, de, som droge op (fra Fængslet) af dem, som havde været bortførte, hvilke Nebucadnezar, Kongen af Babel, havde bortført, og som vare komne tilbage til Jerusalem og til Juda, hver til sin Stad,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom buchadzzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every o unto his city;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette er de landsmennene som kom opp fra fangenskapet, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort i fangenskap, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin egen by.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dette er folkene fra provinsen som dro opp fra fangenskap, de som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dette er provinsens sønner, de som kom tilbake fra bortføringen som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde ført bort – og de vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by –

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dette er de som dro opp fra fangenskapet, de som hadde vært bortført, som Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, hadde bortført, og som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Disse er folkene fra rikets divisjoner, av dem som var blitt tatt til fange av Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og ført bort av ham, som vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og Juda, hver til sin by;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (whom Nabuchodonosor ye kynge of Babilo had caryed awaie) and dwelt at Ierusalem and in Iuda, euery one vnto his cite,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caryed away) and they returned to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  These are the sonnes of the lande that went vp from the captiuitie that was caried away, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had brought away, and came againe to Hierusalem and Iuda, euery one vnto his citie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  These `are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;

• World English Bible (2000)

  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, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 2:1-9 : 1 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 came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city; 2 Who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two. 5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five. 6 The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve. 7 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty. 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two. 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three. 12 The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six. 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four. 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three. 18 The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve. 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three. 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five. 21 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six. 23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two. 25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty-one. 27 The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two. 28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two. 30 The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six. 31 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty. 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty. 36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three. 37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. 38 The children of Pashur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. 39 The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen. 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four. 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight. 42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a total of one hundred thirty-nine. 43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two. 59 And these were those who went up from Telmelah, Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two. 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name: 62 These sought their record among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore, as polluted, they were put from the priesthood. 63 And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. 64 The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, 65 Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty. 68 And some of the heads of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place: 69 They gave according to their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 70 So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
• Ezra 5:8 : 8 Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and this work is going on rapidly and prospers in their hands.
• Ezra 6:2 : 2 And a scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, with this record written in it:
• Jer 39:1-9 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into. 3 Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. 4 And it happened that when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saw them and all the men of war, they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 6 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon. 8 The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who fell away, who fell to him, with the rest of the people who remained. 10 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poor of the people who had nothing in the land of Judah and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. 11 Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him and look well to him and do him no harm; but do to him even as he says to you. 13 So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the princes of the king of Babylon; 14 They even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home: so he dwelt among the people. 15 Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for harm and not for good; and they shall be accomplished that day before you. 17 But I will deliver you that day, says the LORD, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in me, says the LORD.
• Jer 52:1-9 : 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the LORD it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it, and built forts against it all around. 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were all around the city:) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death. 12 Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem, 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, he burned with fire: 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who had defected, to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. 17 Also, the bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away. 19 And the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups; what was of gold in gold, and what was of silver in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the bronze of these vessels was beyond weight. 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a string of twelve cubits circled it; and its thickness was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a capital of bronze was upon it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capitals all around, all of bronze. The second pillar and the pomegranates were similar to these. 23 And there were ninety-six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates on the network were one hundred all around. 24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city an officer, who had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of those who were near the king's presence, who were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from his own land. 28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and twenty-three; 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons; 30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 31 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him out of prison, 32 And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison garments: and he regularly ate bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a regular portion given to him by the king of Babylon, daily a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
• 2 Kgs 24:14-16 : 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths; none remained except the poorest people of the land. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land; he took them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
• 2 Kgs 25:11 : 11 Then the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters who fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away.
• 2 Chr 36:1-9 : 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz, his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and placed them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 And when the year was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem. 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to the LORD God of Israel. 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem. 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy. 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they burned the house of God, and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20 And those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.