Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Which came with Zerubbabel. He was the chief or leader of the first band of returning exiles. The names of other influential persons who were associated in, the conducting of the caravan are also mentioned, being extracted probably from the Persian archives, in which the register was preserved. Conspicuous in the number are Joshua, the high priest, and Nehemiah; not, however, the Tirshatha (Nehemiah 7:7).