Ezra 2:31 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The descendants of the other Elam: 1,254 people.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse records that 1,254 descendants from a family group called 'the other Elam' were part of the group returning from exile.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of a detailed census list of Jewish families and groups who returned from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem around 538 BC under Cyrus the Great's decree. The term 'other Elam' distinguishes this group from another Elam family mentioned earlier in the same chapter, showing there were multiple family lines with the same ancestral name.

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