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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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezra 2:2-64

Ezra 2:2-64The number of the men of the people of Israel.A suggestive recordConsider--I. The significance of the fact of the record.1. It Was an honour to the pious and patriotic ones who returned.2. It is an illustration of the Divine record of God’s spiritual Israel (Luke 10:20).3. It suggests that every one of His people is precious in the sight of God (Isaiah 49:16).II. The significance of the contents of the record. We have in this list--1. Significant persons.(1) Zerubbabel, an ancestor... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:3

Ezr 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. Ver. 3. The children of Parosh ] Question is here made by some, whether this and other like chapters, that are nothing but names and numbers, should be read in course, since they may seem to be of no great use to us? To this Chrysostom answereth, In sacris libris nihil contemnatur aut obiter praetereatur, etiamsi nomina recenseantur, that is, let no part of the Holy Scripture be slighted or skipped over, no, though we... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezra 2:3

children: The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from verses 3-21; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from Ezra 2:21-Lamentations :. Parosh: Ezra 8:3, Pharosh, Ezra 10:25, Nehemiah 7:8 Reciprocal: Nehemiah 3:25 - Parosh Nehemiah 7:38 - Senaah Nehemiah 10:14 - Parosh Jeremiah 38:1 - Shephatiah read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezra 2:6

Pahathmoab: Ezra 8:4, Ezra 10:30, Nehemiah 7:11, Nehemiah 7:2, 818; Nehemiah 10:14 Joab: Ezra 8:9 Reciprocal: Judges 8:16 - the elders Nehemiah 3:11 - Pahathmoab read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezra 2:7

Elam: Ezra 2:31, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 10:26, Nehemiah 7:12 read more

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