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Alternate translation: “Sheshbazzar brought all these vessels along when he traveled to Jerusalem with the group of Jews who had been taken away from their homeland but who were now returning from Babylon to Jerusalem” (See: [Idiom](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom))","reference":{"bookId":"ezr","chapter":1,"verse":11},"tool":"translationNotes","groupId":"figs-idiom","quote":[{"word":"הַכֹּ֞ל","occurrence":1},{"word":"הֶעֱלָ֣ה","occurrence":1},{"word":"שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֗ר","occurrence":1},{"word":"עִ֚ם","occurrence":1},{"word":"הֵעָל֣וֹת","occurrence":1},{"word":"הַגּוֹלָ֔ה","occurrence":1},{"word":"מִבָּבֶ֖ל","occurrence":1},{"word":"לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם","occurrence":1}],"quoteString":"הַכֹּ֞ל הֶעֱלָ֣ה שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֗ר עִ֚ם הֵעָל֣וֹת הַגּוֹלָ֔ה מִבָּבֶ֖ל לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם","glQuote":"","occurrence":1}},{"comments":false,"reminders":false,"selections":false,"verseEdits":false,"nothingToSelect":false,"contextId":{"occurrenceNote":"Here, **the sons of the province** is an idiom that means that these people originated in the province of Judah. 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