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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezra 2:3

The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.The children — The posterity, as that word is constantly taken in this catalogue.Of Parosh — That descend either from Parosh, or from that family whereof Parosh was the chief. And so for the rest. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezra 2:5

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.Seven hundred, … — In Nehemiah 7:10, they were only six hundred and fifty two, it seems seven hundred and seventy five marched out of Babylon, but some of them died, others were hindered by sickness, or other casualties, and so there came only six hundred and fifty two to Jerusalem. And the like is to be said in the like differences: which it suffices to hint once for all. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:7

7. Children of Elam Whether Elam is here the name of a place or person is uncertain. As no place of this name is ever mentioned in the vicinity of Jerusalem, and another Elam is mentioned in Ezra 2:31, the probability is, that in each place Elam is the name of a person. read more

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