The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
The verse is a single entry made up simply of personal names in the register of the exiles and their families who returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem. They returned to their own land with Zerubbabel after Cyrus's proclamation and offer to return. The register records those already returned in the first year of Cyrus to the number of 42,360 persons, distinct from the many Jews who still remained in Babylon and were being invited to return.
The list as a whole shows that nearly fifty thousand accepted Cyrus's offer to return. The return described in Ezra 1-6 forms the historical setting for Haggai's message, when the temple-building in Jerusalem was languishing about 520 B.C., fifteen years after its foundations were laid. The verse is an example of a verse made up of names rather than an expressed promise.
The verse is a single entry made up simply of personal names in the register of the exiles and their families who returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem. They returned to their own land with Zerubbabel after Cyrus's proclamation and offer to return. The register records those already returned in the first year of Cyrus to the number of 42,360 persons, distinct from the many Jews who still remained in Babylon and were being invited to return.
The list as a whole shows that nearly fifty thousand accepted Cyrus's offer to return. The return described in Ezra 1-6 forms the historical setting for Haggai's message, when the temple-building in Jerusalem was languishing about 520 B.C., fifteen years after its foundations were laid. The verse is an example of a verse made up of names rather than an expressed promise.