The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
Ezra 2 is the list naming the families who returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and to their own land with Zerubbabel after the proclamation, decree and offer of Cyrus in the first year of Cyrus. This verse stands within that register of the returned exiles in Ezra's account of the people who came back from Babylon. Those who returned numbered 42,360 persons, described as nearly fifty thousand who took advantage of Cyrus's offer to return. The list also gives the numbers of those who returned family by family.
Many Jews still remained in Babylon, distinct from those who had already returned to Jerusalem. The captivity therefore ended only in the sense that all were free to go, although many remained behind. The first two chapters of Ezra, including this verse, record the beginning of the temple under the decree of Cyrus and do not teach that the temple began in 457 B.C. This verse belongs to the account of the returned exiles and the rebuilding of the temple that forms the historical setting and period of Haggai's message and work.
Ezra 2 is the list naming the families who returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and to their own land with Zerubbabel after the proclamation, decree and offer of Cyrus in the first year of Cyrus. This verse stands within that register of the returned exiles in Ezra's account of the people who came back from Babylon. Those who returned numbered 42,360 persons, described as nearly fifty thousand who took advantage of Cyrus's offer to return. The list also gives the numbers of those who returned family by family.
Many Jews still remained in Babylon, distinct from those who had already returned to Jerusalem. The captivity therefore ended only in the sense that all were free to go, although many remained behind. The first two chapters of Ezra, including this verse, record the beginning of the temple under the decree of Cyrus and do not teach that the temple began in 457 B.C. This verse belongs to the account of the returned exiles and the rebuilding of the temple that forms the historical setting and period of Haggai's message and work.