The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra 2:31 belongs to the list in Ezra 1 and 2 of the Jews who returned from the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and to their own land after Cyrus's decree and proclamation. It records 1,254 children and descendants of the other Elam among those who returned to Jerusalem. Those in the list had already returned with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus.
That company is distinct from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and from the large number who afterward went to Jerusalem with Ezra. The number of that returned company is given as 42,360 persons. The list is placed within an account of a return totaling 49,897 people after Cyrus's decree. The account shows that nearly fifty thousand Jews accepted the opportunity to return under Cyrus's decree.
Ezra 2:31 belongs to the list in Ezra 1 and 2 of the Jews who returned from the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and to their own land after Cyrus's decree and proclamation. It records 1,254 children and descendants of the other Elam among those who returned to Jerusalem. Those in the list had already returned with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus.
That company is distinct from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and from the large number who afterward went to Jerusalem with Ezra. The number of that returned company is given as 42,360 persons. The list is placed within an account of a return totaling 49,897 people after Cyrus's decree. The account shows that nearly fifty thousand Jews accepted the opportunity to return under Cyrus's decree.