KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The descendants of Harim: 1,017 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 1,017 descendants of a family called Harim returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Nehemiah's detailed census of the Jewish families who returned from Babylonian exile around 445 BC. The Babylonians had conquered Jerusalem and taken many Jews captive decades earlier, but now the Persian king Cyrus had allowed them to return home. Nehemiah was carefully documenting each family group to organize the massive rebuilding project of Jerusalem's walls and to reestablish proper worship practices.
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