KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The descendants of Harim: 320 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 320 descendants of Harim returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild their homeland.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a detailed census list in Ezra chapter 2 that records the Jewish families and clans who returned from the Babylonian exile around 538 BC. After being conquered and taken captive by Babylon about 70 years earlier, the Persian king Cyrus allowed the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple. Harim was likely the name of a family patriarch whose descendants maintained their family identity even during the long years of exile.
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