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
Geneva Study Bible - Ezra 2:36
2:36 The {g} priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.(g) Before he has declared the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and now comes to the tribe of Levi and begins at the priests. read more