KJV ORIGINAL
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The entire group of people together numbered 42,360.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records the total count of all the Jewish exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the detailed census list of Jewish families, priests, Levites, and servants who returned from Babylonian exile around 538 BC under Zerubbabel's leadership. The Persian king Cyrus had issued a decree allowing the Jewish people to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. This careful record-keeping showed the organized nature of the return and helped establish legitimacy for those reclaiming their ancestral lands and roles in temple worship.
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