KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The descendants of Hashum: 223 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 223 descendants of a man named Hashum returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild their homeland.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a detailed census list of Jewish families who returned from Babylonian captivity around 538 BC under Zerubbabel's leadership. The Babylonians had conquered Jerusalem and taken many Jews into exile about 70 years earlier, but now the Persian king Cyrus had decreed that the Jews could return home. These family records were crucial for establishing property rights, temple duties, and proving Jewish heritage in the rebuilt community.
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