came with Zerubbabel. That was in 426 B.C. The covenant and separation did not take place till 404 B.C. twenty-two years later (Nehemiah 10, where Zerubbabel is not mentioned, probably because then dead).
the People of Israel. Another proof that Israel is not exclusively used of the ten tribes. See verses: Nehemiah 7:61; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 7:47. and note on 1 Kings 12:17. The names are repeated from Ezra 2. See note on Nehemiah 7:66.