Ezra 2:68-70 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:68-70

Social and spiritual gradations. The company that came out of Babylonian captivity was by no means a disorderly or unorganized multitude. It was well officered, and was divided and subdivided into ranks. It probably marched in regular order. Under the "Tirshatha" Zerubbabel, Jeshua the high priest, and Mordecai (probably the honoured deliverer), with other natural leaders, came ( Ezra 2:70 ), priests, Levites (a singularly and disproportionately small number of these), the people... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:69

After their ability. As each was able; the richer more, the poorer less. Threescore and one thousand drams of gold. The word translated "dram" is darkemon , which appears to be the Hebrew representative of the Persian word which the Greeks rendered by dareikos , or "daric . " This was a gold coin, stamped with the figure of a Persian king, wearing his crown, and armed with a bow and arrow. According to the most exact computation, each such coin contained somewhat more pure gold... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:70

In their cities. Not in Jerusalem only, but in the neighboring towns also, e.g. Bethlehem, Anathoth, Ramah, Gaba, Michmash, Bethel, Ai, Nebo, and Jericho (see above, comment on Ezra 2:1 ). All Israel. Ezra very determinately puts forward this aspect of the return—that it was participated in by all the tribes (see Ezra 2:2 ; Ezra 3:1 ; Ezra 6:16 , Ezra 6:17 ; Ezra 7:13 ; Ezra 8:29 , Ezra 8:35 , etc.). He does not, however, exclude the other aspect, that it was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:69

The numbers here and in Nehemiah (see the marginal reference) vary. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:70

All Israel - That the Israelites of the ten tribes returned to Palestine with Zerubbabel is apparent:(1) from 1 Chronicles 9:3;(2) from the enumeration of twelve chiefs (Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 1:0 Esd. 5:8); and(3) from various expressions in Ezra Ezra 2:2, Ezra 2:59; Ezra 3:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:68

Ezra 2:68. When they came to the house of the Lord That is, to the place in which the temple had stood, and where the ruins still remained. Offered freely Made a new offering, besides that which they had brought out of Babylon, from their brethren there, mentioned Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6. By this it appears that the Jews were not made absolute slaves in Babylon, but had liberty to trade and get riches for themselves; some of them being advanced to considerable offices in the king’s court.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:69

Ezra 2:69. Threescore and one thousand drachms of gold, &c. About seventy-five thousand and five hundred pounds of our money; for every drachm of gold is worth ten shillings of our money, and every mina, or pound of silver, nine pounds; for it contains sixty shekels, and every shekel of silver is worth three shillings of our money. And one hundred priests’ garments Garments, as well as gold and silver, were wont to be laid up in treasuries, Matthew 6:20. We may infer then, from these... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:70

Ezra 2:70. And all Israel in their cities In the cities which their families had inhabited before their captivity. As to those who could not prove themselves Israelites by any genealogical register, they probably settled in those lands which were not claimed, or followed handicraft employments, of one sort or other, in the cities. Although their cities were out of repair, yea, in a ruinous state, yet, because they were their cities, such as God had assigned them, they were content to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

Click image for full-size version1:1-2:70 ZERUBBABEL’S RETURNCyrus had been ruler of Persia for some time before he conquered Babylon in 539 BC. His policy was, when he conquered a nation, to allow any people held captive by that nation to return to their homeland. Therefore, soon after he conquered Babylon (i.e. in his first year as the Jews’ new ruler) he gave permission for the Jews to return to Jerusalem (1:1-4). Jeremiah’s prophecy made seventy years earlier had come true: the Jews were... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 2:68

some = a portion. Ezra mentions what one portion gave. Nehemiah ( Ezr 7:70 ) mentions what he and two other portions gave. Hence the numbers "perforce" cannot be the same, and there is no "discrepancy". chief = heads. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:68-70

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:69

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:70

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:69

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:70

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:68

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:69

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:70

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 2:68

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