## from the captivity, the people of exile ##

These are the Jewish people who were taken captive and resettled in Babylon and choose to come back to Judea and Jerusalem.

## twelve...ninety-six...eventy-seven ##

six...eventy-seven**  - 12, 96 and 77. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

##  governors beyond the River ##

These were the Babylonian officials managing the people east of the Euphrates River which included those residing in Judea.

## God's house ##

The temple.