The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
The names in Ezra 2:53 stand within the register of families who left Babylonian captivity to return to Jerusalem to their own land following the proclamation of Cyrus and his offer of return. That register counts those already come up with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus at 42,360 persons, separate both from those who still remained in Babylon and from the large company that afterward went up with Ezra. The whole return under that offer embraced nearly fifty thousand Jews. The verse itself contains no expressed promise.
The names in Ezra 2:53 stand within the register of families who left Babylonian captivity to return to Jerusalem to their own land following the proclamation of Cyrus and his offer of return. That register counts those already come up with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus at 42,360 persons, separate both from those who still remained in Babylon and from the large company that afterward went up with Ezra. The whole return under that offer embraced nearly fifty thousand Jews. The verse itself contains no expressed promise.