KJV ORIGINAL
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The men from Michmas: 122 people.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 122 men from the town of Michmas returned from exile in Babylon.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of the detailed census list of Jewish exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel's leadership around 538 BC, after King Cyrus of Persia allowed them to return and rebuild their temple. Michmas was a town about 7 miles northeast of Jerusalem that had been settled by Israelites before the exile.
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