에스라 2:40 KRV

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1-70

The Names and Number of those who returned1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). Had carried away] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. Every one unto his city] i.e. to the provincial towns. This process can only have taken place very gradually.2. Zerubbabel] for his relation to Sheshbazzar see on Ezra 1:8 for his ancestry see on Ezra 3:2. The list of names that follows is repeated, with some variants, in Nehemiah 7:7-73. Jeshua] the high priest, called by Haggai ’Joshua.’ The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 2:40

(40) The Levites: the children of Jeshua.—Then follow the Levitical families, not priests: that is, the Levites proper, the singers, the door-keepers or porters. Of the first there were only two families, and these are both traced up to one, that of Hodaviah or Judah (Ezra 3:9) or Hodevah (Nehemiah 7:43). The hereditary choristers are also few: of the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the first alone is represented. Nehemiah makes their number twenty more; but 1 Esdras agrees with the text... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

THE SECOND EXODUSEzra 2:1-67THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of resemblance to the exodus of their fathers from Egypt. On both occasions the Israelites had been suffering oppression in a foreign land. Deliverance had come to the ancient Hebrews in so wonderful a way that it could only be described as a miracle of God; no material miracle was recorded of the later movement; and yet it was so marvellously providential that the Jews were constrained to acknowledge... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezra 2:1-70

CHAPTER 2 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1-2 ) 2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3-35 ) 3. The priests (Ezra 2:36-39 ) 4. The Levites and singers (Ezra 2:40 ) 5. The porters and Nethinim (Ezra 2:42-54 ) 6. Solomon’s servants (Ezra 2:55-58 ) 7. Those of doubtful descent (Ezra 2:59-63 ) 8. The number of the whole company (Ezra 2:64-67 ) 9. The offering of the house of God (Ezra 2:68-70 ) Ezra 2:1-2 . This chapter contains the names of the returning remnant. It is a specimen... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1-70

LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES (vv. 1-58) This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is recorded, and the total number. We are reminded in verse 1 that it was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon who had taken these captive. Babylon means "confusion," so that Judah is pictured as being captives to a state of confusion, as is repeated in the history of the professing church. It is only by the power and grace of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

BACK TO THE HOMELAND CYRUS’ PROCLAMATION (Ezra 1:0 ) Babylon has had its days, and with its downfall has come that of the Assyrian Empire. The Medes and Persians, with Cyrus at their head, are now in power, and in the providence of God, Daniel, the Jewish prophet and statesman, has influence at this court, as in that of Nebuchadnezzar. By a study of the earlier prophets, especially Jeremiah, he has become aware that the time is nigh for the captivity of Judah to end and his people to... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ezra 2:1-70

Ezra 2:0 1. Now these are the children of the province [Judea] that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, unto Babylon [as into a lion's den, see Nah 2:10 ], and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city [the cities and villages are more distinctly enumerated by Nehemiah]; 43. The Nethinims [the lowest order of the ministry (Numbers 31:47 ; Jos 9:23 )]: the children of Ziha, the children... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ezra 2:40-58

I include the whole of these in one list, for Levites, Nethinims, and the Singers, with the children of Solomon's servants, may be summed up as bearing offices in one and the same household, though in different departments. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:40

Odovia, called Juda, chap. iii. 9. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:36-63

36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians. read more