The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
The first two chapters of Ezra record the beginning of the temple work under the decree of Cyrus and the return of the captives to their own land, and this verse belongs to that record. It lists 156 children of Magbish among those who accepted Cyrus's offer and returned, with the list in Ezra 2:1-65 reckoned as nearly fifty thousand Jews. Those counted were the 42,360 persons who had already returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus.
That company was distinct from the Jews still remaining in Babylon and from the large number who afterward went up to Jerusalem with Ezra. It belongs to the same period as Haggai's temple-building work, the period of Ezra's account of the return and rebuilding in Jerusalem.
The first two chapters of Ezra record the beginning of the temple work under the decree of Cyrus and the return of the captives to their own land, and this verse belongs to that record. It lists 156 children of Magbish among those who accepted Cyrus's offer and returned, with the list in Ezra 2:1-65 reckoned as nearly fifty thousand Jews. Those counted were the 42,360 persons who had already returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus.
That company was distinct from the Jews still remaining in Babylon and from the large number who afterward went up to Jerusalem with Ezra. It belongs to the same period as Haggai's temple-building work, the period of Ezra's account of the return and rebuilding in Jerusalem.