The children of Jorah numbered 112. That entry stands as part of the list of people who returned from the captivity. The list is that of those who responded to Cyrus's decree or proclamation and went up to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.
The larger account in Ezra 2:1-65 counts nearly fifty thousand Jews who accepted Cyrus's offer and returned to their own land. Their return shows the captivity had ended in the sense that all were free to go, even though many Jews remained in exile. More precisely the record is of the Jews already returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus, 42,360 persons in all. It belongs to the first return, distinct both from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and from the later large company that went up with Ezra.
Ezra 1 to 6 belongs to the same time as the book of Haggai, having direct reference to the building of the temple then and being typical of the work of God now. Its setting is Jerusalem about B.C. 520, fifteen years after the foundations of the temple were laid. The city was then in a dilapidated condition and the temple building was languishing because the people had departed from the Lord and had become discouraged, under Darius Hystaspes with Zerubbabel as governor of Judea and with Haggai and Zechariah as prophets. The verse illustrates that some Bible verses are lists of names rather than promises.
The children of Jorah numbered 112. That entry stands as part of the list of people who returned from the captivity. The list is that of those who responded to Cyrus's decree or proclamation and went up to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.
The larger account in Ezra 2:1-65 counts nearly fifty thousand Jews who accepted Cyrus's offer and returned to their own land. Their return shows the captivity had ended in the sense that all were free to go, even though many Jews remained in exile. More precisely the record is of the Jews already returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus, 42,360 persons in all. It belongs to the first return, distinct both from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and from the later large company that went up with Ezra.
Ezra 1 to 6 belongs to the same time as the book of Haggai, having direct reference to the building of the temple then and being typical of the work of God now. Its setting is Jerusalem about B.C. 520, fifteen years after the foundations of the temple were laid. The city was then in a dilapidated condition and the temple building was languishing because the people had departed from the Lord and had become discouraged, under Darius Hystaspes with Zerubbabel as governor of Judea and with Haggai and Zechariah as prophets. The verse illustrates that some Bible verses are lists of names rather than promises.