Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of being spoken to!
SDA Bible Commentary (limited)
Volume 1-7
13. The last sons. Probably the younger sons of Adonikam are meant. The families of the older sons seem to have returned already in Zerubbabel’s time (ch.2:13). The RSV reads, “those who came later.”