The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
Ezra 2:44 stands in the register of the families and people who answered Cyrus's decree and went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to their own land with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus. It is one entry among the names of those who returned from captivity to rebuild in their own land. The company that had already returned numbered 42,360 persons.
The list in Ezra 2:1-65 shows that nearly fifty thousand Jews accepted Cyrus's offer to return. Those who had already returned are distinct from the many Jews who still remained in Babylon and were invited to return. They are distinct also from the large number who afterward went up to Jerusalem with Ezra.
The first two chapters of Ezra record the beginning of the temple under the decree of Cyrus. That beginning is not to be identified with 457 B.C.
Ezra 2:44 stands in the register of the families and people who answered Cyrus's decree and went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to their own land with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus. It is one entry among the names of those who returned from captivity to rebuild in their own land. The company that had already returned numbered 42,360 persons.
The list in Ezra 2:1-65 shows that nearly fifty thousand Jews accepted Cyrus's offer to return. Those who had already returned are distinct from the many Jews who still remained in Babylon and were invited to return. They are distinct also from the large number who afterward went up to Jerusalem with Ezra.
The first two chapters of Ezra record the beginning of the temple under the decree of Cyrus. That beginning is not to be identified with 457 B.C.