Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ezra 2:2-35
No doubt during the captivity a faithful register was kept of the several families, and therefore their number was the more clearly ascertained. Chiefly with an eye to the promised Messiah, each father of the tribe carefully preserved his record. One feature in this record of the families of Israel I cannot help remarking. I mean the smallness of the children of Bethlehem compared to some; - only 123. This was what the prophet Micah had before noticed. And thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou... read more
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