에스라 2:40 KRV

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Ezra 2:1-99

Ezra 2 CHAPTER TWO, with the exception of the last three verses, is taken up with details as to the number of those who answered to the proclamation, named under the heads of their families. The heads are named and the families counted. God took note of them and put their names into His record, while those, whose hearts did not stir them up to go, are passed over in silence. Let us take note of this. The first name mentioned is Zerubbabel, who became the 'Tirshatha', or civil Governor: the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezra 2:36-58

The Priests, Levites, and Servants of the Temple v. 36. The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, the latter being the first high priest of the new community, a grandson of Seraiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had put to death at Riblah, 2 Kings 25:18-Psalms :, nine hundred seventy and three. v. 37. The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. v. 38. The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. v. 39. The children of Rarim, a thousand and seventeen. This... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezra 2:1-70

B.—THE CATALOGUE OF THE RETURNING EXILES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLEEzra 2:1-67. (Comp. Nehemiah 7:6-73.)I. The catalogue of the families and households of the people. Ezra 2:1-351Now these are the children of the province 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, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:1-70

Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f Cyrus’s decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the names of those immediately associated with Zerubbabel ( Ezr 2:1-2 ). Then follow the names of families, with the numbers in each case ( Ezr 2:3-20 ) ; names of the members of the priesthood ( Ezr 2:36-39 ) ; following these the list and numbers of the Levites ( Ezr 2:40-42 ); after these the Nethinim... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1-70

A List Of Those Who Returned From Babylon To Jerusalem In The Initial Stages (Ezra 2:1-70 ). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus’ edict. This list must have been recorded early on and deposited in a recognised official place (compare Nehemiah 7:5). Whilst it might be our tendency to take a quick look at the list of names and move on we should not disregard its spiritual lessons. We should recognise that: 1) It indicates... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:40

Enrolling Of The Levites (Ezra 2:40 ). Compared with 4,289 priests who returned, only 74 Levites returned, to which we might add the 128 singers and the 139 gatekeepers, making 341 in all (although it would appear that the writer of the list did not include the singers and gatekeepers as Levites). This ties in with the fact that when Ezra later gathered those who were returning with him he says, ‘I viewed the people and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi’, a situation which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:1-67

Ezra 2:1-Tobit : . A List of the Exiles who Returned under Zerubbabel.— See the Greek Ezra (1 Esdras) 1Esther 5:7-Romans : and Nehemiah 7:6-Letter of Jeremiah : a, where this list also occurs, though with some variations. Ezra 2:1-Exodus : a. province: Heb. medinah, equivalent to the Persian satrapy. It refers here to the tract of country, with Jerusalem as its centre ( cf. Ezra 5:8, Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 11:3), over which Zerubbabel was governor, “ the province of Judah.”— Zerubbabel: “... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the list of those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their contributions for rebuilding the Temple. The contents may be arranged thus—1. The description of the chapter (Ezra 2:1), with the names of the leaders of the exodus (Ezra 2:2). 2. The numbers of the people who returned, arranged—(1) according to families (Ezra 2:3-19; (2) according to cities (Ezra 2:20-35). 3. The numbers of the priests and Levites who returned,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

Chapter 2So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginning in, or in verse thirty-six to thirty-nine, you have the priests that returned. Then beginning with verse forty, the Levites that returned. Then Solomon's servants that returned.Now in verse sixty-one, there were some of the Levites that were returning who could not find their names in... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:1-70

Ezra 2:1 . The children of the province. Judea under Zedekiah was reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of Babylonia. Ezra 2:2 . Came with Zerubbabel. These, eleven in number, were nobles and governors. Among them was Jeshua, the highpriest, called Joshua, who ranked next to the governor. Zechariah 3:1. Nehemiah was then young, and returned to Babylon again to encourage more of the Jews to leave... read more