The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
The verse stands among the records of those who returned from the captivity, forming part of the list in Nehemiah 7 that numbers the Jews who came back. That renewed numbering was given after the wall was finished in fifty-two days and after proper officers and watches were appointed over Jerusalem, in B.C. 444. It belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative is confirmed and illuminated by discoveries from ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with Israel. The verse itself is not an expressed promise, but one item of names within those return records.
The verse stands among the records of those who returned from the captivity, forming part of the list in Nehemiah 7 that numbers the Jews who came back. That renewed numbering was given after the wall was finished in fifty-two days and after proper officers and watches were appointed over Jerusalem, in B.C. 444. It belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative is confirmed and illuminated by discoveries from ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with Israel. The verse itself is not an expressed promise, but one item of names within those return records.