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Ezra Chapter
Two
New King James Version (NKJV)
Ezra
2:1 Now[a] these are
the people of the province who came back from the captivity
of those who had
been carried away
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to
Babylon
and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah
everyone to his own
city.
YLT And these [are] sons of
the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon
and they turn back to Jerusalem
and Judah
each to his city --
Now these are the children of the province
Either of the province of Babylon
as Aben Ezra
where they were either born
or had dwelt for many years; or else rather
according to Jarchi
of the
province of Judea
as it is called
( Ezra
5:8 ) once a flourishing kingdom
but reduced to a province of the
Babylonian monarchy
now in the hands of the Medes and Persians
of which
province they and their fathers originally were:
that went out of the captivity
of those which had been carried
away
whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon;
who either in person
or in their parents
were carried captive by him
and who
were the tribes of Judah and Benjamin; and they are only mentioned
because
they were the principal that returned
though there were some of the other
tribes that also came up with them:
and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah
everyone unto his city;
that he dwelt in before
or was now assigned to him by lot
see ( Nehemiah 11:1 )
Ezra
2:2 Those
who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua
Nehemiah
Seraiah
Reelaiah
Mordecai
Bilshan
Mispar
[b] Bigvai
Rehum
[c] and
Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
YLT who have come in 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
The head of them
the prince of Judah; and the chief that came with him are the
ten following; Jeshua
Nehemiah
Seraiah
Reelaiah
Mordecai
Bilshan
Mispar
Bigvai
Rehum
Baanah; the first of these
Jeshua
was Joshua the high priest
the son of Josedech
( Haggai 1:1 ) . Dr. Lightfoot F19
thinks that Nehemiah is the same
whose name the following book bears; and that
Mordecai is he who was uncle to Esther
so Aben Ezra; but
if so
they must
both return again; for that Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in the twentieth year of
Artaxerxes
( Nehemiah 1:1 )
and that Mordecai brought up
his niece in the city of Shushan
in the times of Ahasuerus
is certain; and
this
with respect to both
is denied by others F20
who take them to be different men of the same name; and the same writer is of
opinion that Seraiah
and who is called Azariah
( Nehemiah 7:7 ) is the same with Ezra
who therefore must and
did return
since he went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes
( Ezra
7:1 Ezra 7:7 Ezra
7:8 )
as for the others
we know nothing more of them than their
names:
the number of the men of the people of Israel;
either of the principal of them before named
or of the common people
which next
follows.
FOOTNOTES:
F19 Works
vol. 1. p. 127. So Broughton
Works
p. 258.
F20 Vid. Rainold. de Libr. Apocryph. Praelect. 111
117
148.
Ezra
2:3 the
people of Parosh
two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
YLT Sons of Parosh
two
thousand a hundred seventy and two.
Ezra 2:3~Ezra 2:35
Ver. 3-35. The
children of Parosh
two thousand an hundred and seventy two.
From hence
to the end of ( Ezra
2:35 )
a list is given of the captives that returned
described by
the families they were of
their ancestors from whence they sprung
or the
towns and cities to which they originally belonged
and by their numbers;
otherwise nothing more of them is known.
Ezra
2:4 the
people of Shephatiah
three hundred and seventy-two;
YLT Sons of Shephatiah
three hundred seventy and two.
Ezra
2:5 the
people of Arah
seven hundred and seventy-five;
YLT Sons of Arah
seven
hundred five and seventy.
Ezra
2:6 the people of
Pahath-Moab
of the people of Jeshua and Joab
two thousand eight
hundred and twelve;
YLT Sons of Pahath-Moab
of
the sons of Jeshua
Joab
two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Ezra
2:7 the people of
Elam
one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
YLT Sons of Elam
a thousand
two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
2:8 the people of
Zattu
nine hundred and forty-five;
YLT Sons of Zattu
nine
hundred and forty and five.
Ezra
2:9 the people of
Zaccai
seven hundred and sixty;
YLT Sons of Zaccai
seven
hundred and sixty.
Ezra
2:10 the people of
Bani
[d] six
hundred and forty-two;
YLT Sons of Bani
six hundred
forty and two.
Ezra
2:11 the people of
Bebai
six hundred and twenty-three;
YLT Sons of Bebai
six
hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
2:12 the people of
Azgad
one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;
YLT Sons of Azgad
a
thousand two hundred twenty and two.
Ezra
2:13 the people of
Adonikam
six hundred and sixty-six;
YLT Sons of Adonikam
six
hundred sixty and six.
Ezra
2:14 the people of
Bigvai
two thousand and fifty-six;
YLT Sons of Bigvai
two
thousand fifty and six.
Ezra
2:15 the people of
Adin
four hundred and fifty-four;
YLT Sons of Adin
four
hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
2:16 the people of
Ater of Hezekiah
ninety-eight;
YLT Sons of Ater of
Hezekiah
ninety and eight.
Ezra
2:17 the people of
Bezai
three hundred and twenty-three;
YLT Sons of Bezai
three
hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
2:18 the people of
Jorah
[e] one
hundred and twelve;
YLT Sons of Jorah
a hundred
and twelve.
Ezra
2:19 the people of
Hashum
two hundred and twenty-three;
YLT Sons of Hashum
two
hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
2:20 the people of
Gibbar
[f]
ninety-five;
YLT Sons of Gibbar
ninety
and five.
Ezra
2:21 the people of
Bethlehem
one hundred and twenty-three;
YLT Sons of Beth-Lehem
a
hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
2:22 the
men of Netophah
fifty-six;
YLT Men of Netophah
fifty
and six.
Ezra
2:23 the
men of Anathoth
one hundred and twenty-eight;
YLT Men of Anathoth
a
hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra
2:24 the
people of Azmaveth
[g] forty-two;
YLT Sons of Azmaveth
forty
and two.
Ezra
2:25 the
people of Kirjath Arim
[h] Chephirah
and Beeroth
seven hundred and forty-three;
YLT Sons of Kirjath-Arim
Chephirah
and Beeroth
seven hundred and forty and three.
Ezra
2:26 the
people of Ramah and Geba
six hundred and twenty-one;
YLT Sons of Ramah and Gaba
six hundred twenty and one.
Ezra
2:27 the
men of Michmas
one hundred and twenty-two;
YLT Men of Michmas
a
hundred twenty and two.
Ezra
2:28 the
men of Bethel and Ai
two hundred and twenty-three;
YLT Men of Beth-El and Ai
two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
2:29 the
people of Nebo
fifty-two;
YLT Sons of Nebo
fifty and
two.
Ezra
2:30 the
people of Magbish
one hundred and fifty-six;
YLT Sons of Magbish
a
hundred fifty and six.
Ezra
2:31 the
people of the other Elam
one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
YLT Sons of another Elam
a
thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
2:32 the
people of Harim
three hundred and twenty;
YLT Sons of Harim
three
hundred and twenty.
Ezra
2:33 the
people of Lod
Hadid
and Ono
seven hundred and twenty-five;
YLT Sons of Lod
Hadid
and
Ono
seven hundred twenty and five.
Ezra
2:34 the
people of Jericho
three hundred and forty-five;
YLT Sons of Jericho
three
hundred forty and five.
Ezra
2:35 the
people of Senaah
three thousand six hundred and thirty.
YLT Sons of Senaah
three
thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Ezra
2:36 The
priests: the sons of Jedaiah
of the house of Jeshua
nine hundred and
seventy-three;
YLT The Priests: sons of
Jedaiah
of the house of Jeshua
nine hundred seventy and three.
Ezra 2:36~Ezra 2:39
Ver. 36-39. The priests
An account of them is given in this and the three following verses
and only
four families are mentioned
those of Jedaiah
Immer
Pashur
and Harim
and
the number of them amounted to 4289; these
according to the Jews
were heads
of four courses
which were all that returned from Babylon F21.
FOOTNOTES:
F21 T. Hieros. Taanioth
fol. 68. 1.
Ezra
2:37 the
sons of Immer
one thousand and fifty-two;
YLT Sons of Imner
a
thousand fifty and two.
Ezra
2:38 the
sons of Pashhur
one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
YLT Sons of Pashhur
a
thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Ezra
2:39 the
sons of Harim
one thousand and seventeen.
YLT Sons of Harim
a
thousand and seventeen.
Ezra
2:40 The
Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel
of the sons of Hodaviah
[i]
seventy-four.
YLT The Levites; sons of
Jeshua and Kadmiel
of the sons of Hodaviah
seventy and four.
Ezra 2:40~Ezra 2:42
Ver. 40-42. The
Levites
Singers and porters
who are reckoned in this
and the two following verses
whose numbers were no more than three hundred and forty one; whereas
in the
times of David
they were 38
000
( 1 Chronicles 23:3 ) .
Ezra
2:41 The
singers: the sons of Asaph
one hundred and twenty-eight.
YLT The singers: sons of
Asaph
a hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra
2:42 The
sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum
the sons of Ater
the sons of
Talmon
the sons of Akkub
the sons of Hatita
and the sons of Shobai
one
hundred and thirty-nine in all.
YLT Sons of the gatekeepers;
sons of Shallum
sons of Ater
sons of Talmon
sons of Akkub
sons of Hatita
sons of Shobai
the whole [are] a hundred thirty and nine.
Ezra
2:43 The
Nethinim: the sons of Ziha
the sons of Hasupha
the sons of Tabbaoth
YLT The Nethinim: sons of
Ziha
sons of Hasupha
sons of Tabbaoth
Ezra 2:43~Ezra 2:58
Ver. 43-58. The
Nethinims
Supposed by Aben Ezra and Jarchi to be the Gibeonites
who were
"given" by Joshua
as the word Nethinims signifies
to the
congregation
to be hewers of wood and drawers of water; but rather were those
that were given by David to assist the Levites; of these is an account from
hence to the end of ( Ezra 2:58 )
together with those who descended
from Solomon's servants
who seem to be the remains of the Canaanites in the
land
whom Solomon made bondservants of
( 1 Kings 9:20 1 Kings 9:21 ) ( 2 Chronicles 2:17 )
who
and their posterity
became proselytes; or those sprung from men that were domestic servants of
Solomon's
and valued themselves on that account; the number of the Nethinims
and these together were three hundred ninety and two.
Ezra
2:44 the
sons of Keros
the sons of Siaha
[j] the sons
of Padon
YLT Sons of Keros
sons of
Siaha
sons of Padon
Ezra
2:45 the
sons of Lebanah
the sons of Hagabah
the sons of Akkub
YLT Sons of Lebanah
sons of
Hagabah
sons of Akkub
Ezra
2:46 the
sons of Hagab
the sons of Shalmai
the sons of Hanan
YLT Sons of Hagab
sons of
Shalmai
sons of Hanan
Ezra
2:47 the
sons of Giddel
the sons of Gahar
the sons of Reaiah
YLT Sons of Giddel
sons of
Gahar
sons of Reaiah
Ezra
2:48 the
sons of Rezin
the sons of Nekoda
the sons of Gazzam
YLT Sons of Rezin
sons of
Nekoda
sons of Gazzam
Ezra
2:49 the
sons of Uzza
the sons of Paseah
the sons of Besai
YLT Sons of Uzza
sons of
Paseah
sons of Besai
Ezra
2:50 the
sons of Asnah
the sons of Meunim
the sons of Nephusim
[k]
YLT Sons of Asnah
sons of
Mehunim
sons of Nephusim
Ezra
2:51 the
sons of Bakbuk
the sons of Hakupha
the sons of Harhur
YLT Sons of Bakbuk
sons of
Hakupha
sons of Harhur
Ezra
2:52 the
sons of Bazluth
[l] the sons
of Mehida
the sons of Harsha
YLT Sons of Bazluth
sons of
Mehida
sons of Harsha
Ezra
2:53 the
sons of Barkos
the sons of Sisera
the sons of Tamah
YLT Sons of Barkos
sons of
Sisera
sons of Thamah
Ezra
2:54 the
sons of Neziah
and the sons of Hatipha.
YLT Sons of Neziah
sons of
Hatipha.
Ezra
2:55 The
sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai
the sons of Sophereth
the sons
of Peruda
[m]
YLT Sons of the servants of
Solomon: sons of Sotai
sons of Sophereth
sons of Peruda
Ezra
2:56 the
sons of Jaala
the sons of Darkon
the sons of Giddel
YLT Sons of Jaalah
sons of
Darkon
sons of Giddel
Ezra
2:57 the
sons of Shephatiah
the sons of Hattil
the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim
and
the sons of Ami.[n]
YLT Sons of Shephatiah
sons
of Hattil
sons of Pochereth of Zebaim
sons of Ami.
Ezra
2:58 All
the Nethinim and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and
ninety-two.
YLT All the Nethinim
and
the sons of the servants of Solomon [are] three hundred ninety and two.
Ezra
2:59 And
these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah
Tel Harsha
Cherub
Addan
[o] and Immer;
but they could not identify their father’s house or their genealogy
[p] whether
they were of Israel:
YLT And these [are] those
going up from Tel-Melah
Tel-Harsa
Cherub
Addan
Immer
and they have not
been able to declare the house of their fathers
and their seed
whether they
[are] of Israel:
And these were they that went up from Telmelah
Telharsa
&c.] Places in the land of Babylon
see ( Isaiah 37:12 ) ( Ezekiel 3:15 ) .
Cherub
Addan
and Immer; but they could not show their father's
house
and their seed
whether they were of Israel;
these were such that professed the Jewish religion
and went for Jews in
Babylon
but could not trace their pedigree
and tell what family they were of
who their ancestors
and where they had lived in Judea; they had lost their
genealogical tables
if they ever had any
and could not make it out
whether
their parents were Israelites or proselyted Gentiles; or they were such who had
been exposed
and taken out of the streets
and their parents unknown.
Ezra
2:60 the sons of
Delaiah
the sons of Tobiah
and the sons of Nekoda
six hundred and fifty-two;
YLT sons of Delaiah
sons of
Tobiah
sons of Nekoda
six hundred fifty and two.
The children of Delaiah
the children of Tobiah
and the children
of Nekoda
six hundred fifty and two.
These
though their immediate parents were known
yet by their being mentioned
here
it seems as if they could not carry their genealogy further
and make it
clearly appear what was the house of their fathers
or what their family.
Ezra
2:61 and of the sons
of the priests: the sons of Habaiah
the sons of Koz
[q] and the
sons of Barzillai
who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite
and was called by their name.
YLT And of the sons of the
priests: sons of Habaiah
sons of Koz
sons of Barzillai (who took from the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife
and is called by their name;)
And of the children of the priests
Who could not make out their pedigree
for those that could are mentioned
before:
the children of Habaiah
the children of Koz
the children of
Barzillai;
how the latter came by this name follows:
which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite
and
was called after their name;
this man married a woman that descended from the famous Barzillai the
Gileadite
in the times of David; and the priesthood being in disuse
and mean
and despicable
in Babylon
he chose to take the name of his wife's family
and
pass for a descendant from that
and perhaps destroyed
or at least neglected
to take care of the genealogy of his own family.
Ezra
2:62 These sought
their listing among those who were registered by genealogy
but they
were not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as
defiled.
YLT these have sought their
register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy
and they have not been
found
and they are redeemed from the priesthood
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy
To find their names written and registered there; for the Jews kept public
registers of their priests
their descent
marriages
and offspring
that it
might be known who were fit
and who not
to officiate as such:
but they were not found;
their names were not there
nor any account taken of them:
therefore were they
as polluted
put from the priesthood;
were not suffered to attend at the altar
and offer sacrifice
and enjoy the
privileges belonging to that office.
Ezra
2:63 And the
governor[r] said to
them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could
consult with the Urim and Thummim.
YLT and the Tirshatha saith
to them
that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a
priest with Urim and with Thummim.
And the Tirshatha said unto them
By whom Jarchi understands Nehemiah
and observes
that their rabbins say he
was so called
because the wise men allowed him to drink the wine of the
Gentiles
he being cupbearer to the king; but Aben Ezra
with greater
probability
takes it to be a name of honour and grandeur in the Chaldee
language
as a prince or governor; and no doubt Zerubbabel is meant
the prince
of the Jews
the same with Sheshbazzar
( Ezra
1:8 ) according to Gussetius F23
this office was the same with that of the king's commissary in a province
delegated to carry his orders
make them known
and see them put in execution;
and that this name Tirshatha is the same with Tithraustes in Aelian F24;
but that seems to be not the title of an office
but the personal name of a man
that was a chiliarch:
that they should not eat of the most holy things;
as of the shewbread
and those parts of the sin offerings
and of the peace
offerings and meat offerings
which belonged to the priests
which the governor
forbid these to eat of
who were rejected from the priesthood:
till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim;
as yet there was not any priest that had them; they were not to be found at the
return from Babylon; the governor might hope they would be found
and a priest
appear clothed with them
when it might be inquired of the Lord by them
whether such priests
before described
might eat of the holy things or not;
but since the Jews F25
acknowledge that these were one of the five things wanting in the second
temple; it is all one
as the Talmudists F26
express it
as if it had been said
until the dead rise
or the Messiah comes;
and who is come
the true High Priest
and with whom are the true Urim and
Thummim
lights and perfections to the highest degree
being full of grace and
truth; of the Urim and Thummim
(See Gill on Exodus 28:30).
FOOTNOTES:
F23 Ebr. Comment. p. 809.
F24 Var. Hist. l. 1. c. 21. Vid. Corn. Nep. Vit. Conon. l. 9. c.
3.
F25 T. Bab. Yoma
fol. 21. 2.
F26 T. Bab. Sotah
fol. 48. 2. & Gloss. in Kiddushin
fol.
60. 2.
Ezra
2:64 The whole
assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty
YLT All the assembly
together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred [and] threescore.
] But the sums before given make no more
with Zerubbabel
and the ten
principal men
than 29
829
so that there are more than 12
000 wanting;
wherefore
in answer to the question
where are the 12
000? the Jews say in
their chronology F1
these are they of the other tribes
who set up the altar on its bases
and gave
money to the masons ( Ezra 3:1 Ezra
3:3 Ezra 3:7 )
this was a much larger number than
were carried captive; see ( 2 Kings 24:14 2 Kings 24:15 ) ( Jeremiah 52:28 Jeremiah 52:29 Jeremiah 52:30 )
but not to be compared with
the number that came out of Egypt
( Exodus 12:37 ) . An Arabic writer F2
makes them 50
000
but wrongly.
FOOTNOTES:
F1 Seder Olam Rabba
c. 29. p. 86.
F2 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 5. p. 82.
Ezra
2:65 besides their
male and female servants
of whom there were seven thousand three
hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
YLT apart from their
servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty
and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred.
Besides their servants and their maids
of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and seven
This shows that the greater part of those that returned were of the poorer
sort
since there were so few servants that belonged unto them; these came not
into the above account:
and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing
women;
among the servants
who were kept by persons of figure for their pleasure and
recreation
see ( Ecclesiastes 2:8 )
for that these were such as
were employed in sacred service is not so clear
especially the latter
though
some conclude it from ( 1 Chronicles 25:5 1 Chronicles 25:6 )
but rather they were such
as were employed at marriages
festivals
and funerals; though Jarchi thinks
they were employed by the returning captives
to make them cheerful as they
travelled along
(See Gill on Isaiah 55:12).
Ezra
2:66 Their horses were
seven hundred and thirty-six
their mules two hundred and forty-five
YLT Their horses [are] seven
hundred thirty and six
their mules
two hundred forty and five
Ezra 2:66~67 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six
their mules two
hundred forty and five
their camels four hundred thirty and five
[their]
asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
] So that the far greatest part of them must walk on foot
since these can be
thought to be little more than sufficient to carry their goods or baggage; some
copies of the Vulgate Latin read six hundred and thirty six horses F3.
FOOTNOTES:
F3 Ed. of Sixtus V. and the Lovain in James's Contrariety of
Popish Bibles
p. 295.
Ezra
2:67 their camels
four hundred and thirty-five
and their donkeys six thousand seven
hundred and twenty.
YLT their camels
four
hundred thirty and five
asses
six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Ezra
2:68 Some
of the heads of the fathers’ houses
when they came to the house of the Lord which is
in Jerusalem
offered freely for the house of God
to erect it in its place:
YLT And some of the heads of
the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem
have offered willingly for the house of God
to establish it on its base;
And some of the chief of the fathers
when they came to the house
of the Lord that is at Jerusalem
That is
when they came to the place where it formerly stood
and where were
still the ruins of it:
offered freely for the house of God
to set it up in its place;
to rebuild it upon the spot where it formerly stood; this they did besides the
freewill offerings they brought with them from Babylon.
Ezra
2:69 According to
their ability
they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold
drachmas
five thousand minas of silver
and one hundred priestly garments.
YLT according to their power
they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold
drams six myriads and a
thousand
and of silver
pounds five thousand
and of priests' coats
a
hundred.
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the world
threescore and one thousand drachms of gold
These "darcemons or darics" were a Persian coin; one of which
according to Brerewood F11
was of the value of fifteen shillings of our money
and so this quantity of
them amounted to 45
750 pounds; but according to Bishop Cumberland F12
they were of the value of twenty shillings and four pence of our money
and so
came to upwards of 61
000 pounds; these everyone
according to his ability
put
into the common stock or treasury for the work of building the temple; the
Vulgate Latin F13
reads 40
000:
and five thousand pounds of silver;
and an Hebrew "mina"
or pound
being of our money seven pounds
ten
shillings
according to Brerewood {n}
amounted to 31
250 pounds: but others F15
reckoning a drachm of gold at ten shillings
and a mina or pound of silver at
nine pounds
make the whole to amount only to 75
500 pounds of our money:
and one hundred priests' garments;
which
as they were laid up among treasures
so were necessary for the service
of the temple.
FOOTNOTES:
F11 De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num. ch. iii. v.
F12 Scripture Weights & Measures
ch. 4. p. 115.
F13 Sixtus V. Lovain & MSS. in James ut supra. (Contrariety of Popish
Bibles
p. 295)
F14 Ut supra
(De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num.) ch. iv. v.
F15 Universal History
vol. 10. p. 183
marg.
Ezra
2:70 So the priests
and the Levites
some of the people
the singers
the gatekeepers
and
the Nethinim
dwelt in their cities
and all Israel in their cities.
YLT And the priests dwell
and the Levites
and of the people
and the singers
and the gatekeepers
and
the Nethinim
in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.
So the priests and the Levites
and some of the people
and the
singers
and the Nethinims
dwelt in their cities
Which were assigned to them out of the several tribes
and in which they or
their forefathers had dwelt before the captivity:
and all Israel in their cities;
as those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin
so of the other ten
as many as
returned and joined those who were left in the land.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
NKJV
Footnotes:
a.
Ezra 2:1 Compare
this chapter with Nehemiah 7:6–73.
b.
Ezra 2:2 Spelled Mispereth
in Nehemiah 7:7
c.Ezra 2:2 Spelled Nehum
in Nehemiah 7:7
d.
Ezra 2:10 Spelled Binnui
in Nehemiah 7:15
e.
Ezra 2:18 Called Hariph
in Nehemiah 7:24
f.
Ezra 2:20 Called Gibeon
in Nehemiah 7:25
g.
Ezra 2:24 Called Beth
Azmaveth in Nehemiah 7:28
h.
Ezra 2:25 Called Kirjath
Jearim in Nehemiah 7:29
i.
Ezra 2:40 Spelled Hodevah
in Nehemiah 7:43
j.
Ezra 2:44 Spelled Sia
in Nehemiah 7:47
k.Ezra 2:50 Spelled Nephishesim
in Nehemiah 7:52
l.
Ezra 2:52 Spelled Bazlith
in Nehemiah 7:54
m.
Ezra 2:55 Spelled Perida
in Nehemiah 7:57
n.
Ezra 2:57 Spelled Amon
in Nehemiah 7:59
o.
Ezra 2:59 Spelled Addon
in Nehemiah 7:61
p.
Ezra 2:59
Literally seed
q.
Ezra 2:61 Or Hakkoz
r.
Ezra 2:63 Hebrew Tirshatha