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JPSThe children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
ASVThe children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
DRAThe children of Pharos two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
YLTSons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
DrbyThe children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
RVThe children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
WbstrThe children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
KJB-1769The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
KJB-1611The children of Parosh, two thousand, an hundred seuentie and two. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsThe children of Pharos, two thousand an hundred seuentie and two. (The children of Pharos, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.)
GnvaThe sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two: (The sons of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seventy and two: )
CvdlThe children of Phares, two thousande, an hudreth, and two and seuentye: (The children of Phares, two thousand, an hudreth, and two and seventy:)
Wycltwo thousynde an hundrid and two and seuenti; the sones of Arethi, seuene hundrid and fyue and seuenti; (two thousand an hundred and two and seventy; the sons of Arethi, seven hundred and five and seventy;)
Luthder Kinder Pareos zweitausend hundert und zweiundsiebenzig; (der children Pareos zweitausend hundred and zweiundsiebenzig;)
ClVgfilii Pharos duo millia centum septuaginta duo. (filii Pharos two thousands hundred septuaginta duo. )
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.
This means that from the descendants of Parosh, 2,172 returned. To help make this clear for your readers, you could say something like “returned” throughout 2:3–42, after the name of each group and the number that is given.
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.
