A major theme of the book of Ezra is the building of the second temple, a reminder to the people of their link to the first temple of Solomon. It is the fifteenth book in the Bible and continues the story where II Chronicles left off which recounts the history of the Israelites after their return home from exile in Babylon.
Ezra 2:1-2
"Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah"