The children of Immer who came back from the captivity numbered 1,052. That entry stands in the list of Ezra 2:1-65, the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and to their land with Zerubbabel after the decree of Cyrus in the first year of Cyrus. The returning company in that list numbered 42,360 persons. The return is also reckoned in round terms as nearly fifty thousand Jews going back.
Many Jews remained in Babylon although they were free to leave, distinct from those who returned. A large separate number went up to Jerusalem later with Ezra, distinct from those already returned in this list. The list belongs to the historical account of the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple, placing Haggai's time in the same period as Ezra 1-6 when the temple work in Jerusalem was languishing. The verse exemplifies the genealogical and group lists that record names and numbers rather than promises.
The children of Immer who came back from the captivity numbered 1,052. That entry stands in the list of Ezra 2:1-65, the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and to their land with Zerubbabel after the decree of Cyrus in the first year of Cyrus. The returning company in that list numbered 42,360 persons. The return is also reckoned in round terms as nearly fifty thousand Jews going back.
Many Jews remained in Babylon although they were free to leave, distinct from those who returned. A large separate number went up to Jerusalem later with Ezra, distinct from those already returned in this list. The list belongs to the historical account of the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple, placing Haggai's time in the same period as Ezra 1-6 when the temple work in Jerusalem was languishing. The verse exemplifies the genealogical and group lists that record names and numbers rather than promises.