KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The descendants of Zaccai: 760 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 760 descendants of a man named Zaccai returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a detailed census list of Jewish families who returned from Babylonian exile around 538 BC under Zerubbabel's leadership. The Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem and taken many Jews captive about 70 years earlier, but the Persian king Cyrus allowed them to return home. These careful records helped establish family lineages and property rights as the community rebuilt.
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