Ezra 2:50

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 2:43-54

The Enrolling Of The Nethinim (Ezra 2:43-54 ). The Nethinim (given ones) probably had their origin in the Gibeonites who were forced to become ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ for the Tabernacle (Joshua 9:27). Whoever they were they were seen as ‘given to God’. (Compare the same description of the Levites in Numbers 8:16 where the word is ‘nethunim’). They would later be added to by prisoners of war and other slaves, as Ezra 8:29 makes clear when it speaks of them as ‘those whom David... 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

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

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezra 2:50

Mehunim: Nehemiah 7:52, Meunim, Nephishesim read more

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