Ezra 2:26 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The people from Ramah and Gaba: 621.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse records that 621 people from the towns of Ramah and Gaba returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild their homeland.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of a detailed census list in Ezra 2, documenting the Jewish exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem around 538 BC after King Cyrus of Persia allowed them to go home. Ramah and Gaba were small towns in the territory of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and these numbers show how families and communities stayed together even during decades of exile.

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