came with Zerubbabel. But not till afterNeh_1:1Neh_7:4. See note on Neh_1:2, Neh_1:3. In Neh_7:4 no houses built, but in Hag_1:4, houses built and yet Temple lying waste.
Jeshua. The great helper of Zerubbabel. Nehemiah. Compare Neh_1:1; Neh_10:1. See note on "Shesh-bazzar", Ezr_1:8.
Seraiah = Azariah (Neh_7:7). Not Seraiah the high priest, put to death with Zedekiah (2Ki_25:18-21).
Mordecai. He had been taken in Jehoiachin's deportation (Est_2:5, Est_2:6).
the People of Israel. See note on Ezr_1:5. Son_2:59, Son_2:70; Son_3:1; Son_7:13; Son_9:1; Son_10:5. Compare 1Ki_12:17.