KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The descendants of Gibbar: 95 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 95 descendants of a family named Gibbar returned from exile in Babylon to rebuild their homeland.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a detailed census list in Ezra 2 that records the Jewish families and groups who returned from Babylonian captivity around 538 BC under Cyrus the Persian king's decree. The Babylonians had conquered Jerusalem and taken many Jews into exile about 70 years earlier, and now God was fulfilling His promise to bring His people back to their homeland. These lists were important for reestablishing family lineages, property rights, and community structure in the rebuilt Jerusalem.
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