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DrbyThe children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
RVThe children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
WbstrThe children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
KJB-1769The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
KJB-1611The children of Bebai, sixe hundred, twentie and three. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsThe children of Bebal, sixe hundred twentie and three. (The children of Bebal, six hundred twenty and three.)
GnvaThe sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie: (The sons of Bebai, six hundreth, and three and twentie: )
Cvdlthe children of Bebai, sixe hundreth and thre and twentye: (the children of Bebai, six hundreth and three and twentye:)
Wyclthe sones of Bebai, sixe hundrid and thre and twenti; the sones of Azgad, (the sons of Bebai, six hundred and three and twenti; the sons of Azgad,)
Luthder Kinder Bebai sechshundert und dreiundzwanzig; (der children Bebai six-hundred and threeundzwanzig;)
2:1-70 This chapter is the first of Ezra’s major digressions from the main story line. The returning exiles needed to keep track of who the true Jews were so that the community could maintain its identity (by knowing whom they could marry) and theological purity (by knowing who could worship at the Temple). This list is not an initial list (cp. Neh 7:6-73) of all the Jews who returned to Jerusalem but a slightly later list (after Sheshbazzar had died) of people who had settled in their towns.
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
