[16] Of course the Nehemiah and Mordecai in this list are different persons from those who bear the same names in the Books of Nehemiah and Esther and belong to later dates.
[17] See Ezra i. 5.
[18] Luke ii. 36.
[19] Ezek. xliv. 9-16.
[20] Psalm cxxvi. 1-3.
[21] I.e., if the route was the usual one, by Tadmor (Palmyra). The easier but roundabout way by Aleppo would have occupied a still longer time.
[22] Ezra vii. 8, 9.
[23] Neh. vii. 70-72.
[24] 1 Esdras v. 47.
[25] Matt. vi. 29.