KJV ORIGINAL
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The men from Anathoth: 128.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 128 men from the town of Anathoth returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild their homeland.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a detailed census list of Jewish exiles who returned from Babylonian captivity around 538 BC under Zerubbabel's leadership. Anathoth was a small town about three miles northeast of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin, and it was notably the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah. The careful recording of these numbers shows how important it was to document exactly who came back to reclaim their ancestral lands and rebuild the temple.
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