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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:60

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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:61

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:62

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:63

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 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:64

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 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 29. p. 86. these are they of the other tribes, who set up the altar on its bases, and gave money to the masons, &c.; Ezra 3:1 , this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:65

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:66

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 Ed. of Sixtus V. and the Lovain in James's Contrariety of Popish Bibles, p. 295. . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1

These are the children of the province - That is, of Judea; once a kingdom, and a flourishing nation; now a province, subdued, tributary, and ruined! Behold the goodness and severity of God! Some think Babylon is meant by the province; and that the children of the province means those Jews who were born in Babylon. But the first is most likely to be the meaning, for thus we find Judea styled, Ezra 5:8 . Besides, the province is contradistinguished from Babylon even in this first verse, The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:2

Which came with Zerubbabel - There are many difficulties in this table of names; but as we have no less than three copies of it, that contained here from Ezra 2:1-67, a second in Nehemiah 7:6-69, and a third in 1 Esdras 5:7-43, on a careful examination they will be found to correct each other. The versions also, and the Variae Lectiones of Kennicott and De Rossi, do much toward harmonizing the names. Though the sum total at the end of each of these enumerations is equal, namely... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:3

The children of Parosh - Where the word children is found in this table, prefixed to the name of a man, it signifies the descendants of that person, as from Ezra 2:3-21. Where it is found prefixed to a place, town, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from Ezra 2:21-35 . read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:60

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:61

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:62

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:63

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:64

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:65

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:66

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:3

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