And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
These were they which went up from Telmelah. х teel (H8510) signifies a hill or mound, and hence, from the frequent mounds that formed a marked feature in Babylonia, it was prefixed to the names of many cities in that country. "Tel-melah" - i:e., hill of salt.]
Tel-harsa - or Tel-hareshah (Nehemiah 7:61), hill of the forest.
Cherub, Addan (or Addon, Nehemiah 7:61)
And Immer - places unknown in Babylonia. The returned exiles from these five Babylonian towns, as well as the descendants of the persons mentioned in Ezra 2:60, were unable, from want of an accurate genealogical register, to establish their Israelite pedigree.