KJV ORIGINAL
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And from the last descendants of Adonikam, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty men.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is recording the names of specific family leaders and counting how many men from their family group joined the journey back to Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Ezra's detailed record of Jewish families returning from Babylonian exile to rebuild Jerusalem around 458 BC. The Babylonians had conquered Jerusalem and taken many Jews into captivity decades earlier, but now the Persian king was allowing them to return home. Ezra was carefully documenting each family group and their numbers for this historic homecoming.
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