The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
The verse stands in the list in Ezra 1 and 2 of the Jews who had already returned from Babylon to Jerusalem, as distinct from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and were then invited to return. Those enrolled came up from the captivity to Jerusalem, to their own land, with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus in response to his proclamation offering return. Within that return the verse names the descendants of Solomon's servants, specifically the families of Sotai, Sophereth and Peruda.
The number of those who returned is given as 42,360 persons. The chapter is described as recording nearly fifty thousand Jews taking advantage of Cyrus's offer to return. The verse is a record of names and is not an expressed promise.
The verse stands in the list in Ezra 1 and 2 of the Jews who had already returned from Babylon to Jerusalem, as distinct from the Jews who still remained in Babylon and were then invited to return. Those enrolled came up from the captivity to Jerusalem, to their own land, with Zerubbabel in the first year of Cyrus in response to his proclamation offering return. Within that return the verse names the descendants of Solomon's servants, specifically the families of Sotai, Sophereth and Peruda.
The number of those who returned is given as 42,360 persons. The chapter is described as recording nearly fifty thousand Jews taking advantage of Cyrus's offer to return. The verse is a record of names and is not an expressed promise.