Ezra 2:2,Ezra 2:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:1-35

We may observe here, 1. That an account was kept in writing of the families that came up out of captivity, and the numbers of each family. This was done for their honour, as part of their recompence for their faith and courage, their confidence in God and their affection to their own land, and to stir up others to follow their good example. Those that honour God he will thus honour. The names of all those Israelites indeed that accept the offer of deliverance by Christ shall be found, to their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:2

Which came with Zerubbabel ,.... The head of them, the prince of Judah; and the chief that came with him are the ten following; Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah; the first of these, Jeshua, was Joshua the high priest, the son of Josedech, Haggai 1:1 . Dr. Lightfoot F19 Works, vol. 1. p. 127. So Broughton, Works, p. 258. thinks that Nehemiah is the same, whose name the following book bears; and that Mordecai is he who was uncle to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:2

Which came with Zerubbabel - There are many difficulties in this table of names; but as we have no less than three copies of it, that contained here from Ezra 2:1-67, a second in Nehemiah 7:6-69, and a third in 1 Esdras 5:7-43, on a careful examination they will be found to correct each other. The versions also, and the Variae Lectiones of Kennicott and De Rossi, do much toward harmonizing the names. Though the sum total at the end of each of these enumerations is equal, namely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-2

The restoration of Israel. This is an important subject. Great portion of Scripture occupied with it. Events of the utmost moment connected with it. I. AS THE SCATTERING OF ISRAEL WAS GRADUAL , SO MAY HIS GATHERING BE . 1. His tribes became distributed into two kingdoms. 2 . The ten tribes were first carried captive by the Assyrians. This was in two detachments. 3. The Jews were afterwards carried away to Babylon. This was 130 years later,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

The list may be divided into ten parts:— 1. Enumeration of the leaders (verse 2). 2. Numbers of those who returned, arranged according to families (verses 3-19). 3. Numbers of those who returned, arranged according to localities (verses 20-35). 4. Numbers of the priests, arranged according to families (verses 36-39). 5. Numbers of the Levites, arranged similarly (verses 40-42). 6. Families of the Nethinim (verses 43-54). 7. Families of "Solomon's servants"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

The muster-roll. The last chapter gave us a catalogue of the sacred vessels returned. In that portion of the present chapter which concludes with the above verses we have a similar catalogue of the sacred people returned (see Lamentations 4:2 ). The first verse seems to show us where this catalogue was made out, viz; in the land of their exile, where Judaea was constantly spoken of as "the province" (comp. Ezra 5:8 ; Nehemiah 1:3 ; Nehemiah 11:3 ). If the nearly identical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

Spiritual significances. What signifies to us, it may be asked, the exact number of the children of Parosh and Shephatiah ( Ezra 2:3 , Ezra 2:4 )? What does it signify to us that the heads of the returning families bore such and such a name? Why record this? What is— I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RECORD OF NAMES AND NUMBERS ? The pains which the children of Israel took to keep a strict record of their families in Persia may have been (a) an act of faith : it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

Men forsaking the worldly life. We regard the people returning from Babylon as typical of men going out of the worldly life into the life and work of the kingdom of God. Observe— I. THAT MEN FORSAKE THE WORLDLY LIFE FROM CHOICE . Cyrus compelled no man to leave the land of captivity. The Jews left Babylon in the exercise of their own free will. Israel as a nation went out of Egypt; but as individuals they come out of Babylon. Heaven compels no man to forsake sin. 1. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:2

Zerubbabel, Jesbua, etc. In the corresponding verse of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 7:7 ) there are twelve names, one of which (it is probable) has accidentally fallen out here. The twelve are reasonably regarded as either the actual heads of the twelve tribes, or at any rate as representing them. Notwithstanding the small number among the returned exiles who belonged to other tribes than those of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, there was a manifest wish on the part of the chiefs to regard the return as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:2

Ezra 2:2 . Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, &c. These were their heads, who undertook to conduct them: among whom Zerubbabel was their prince or leader, as Jeshua was high-priest, who is mentioned next to him. Nehemiah, whose name follows, is not the person whose book comes after this: for he did not go to Judea now, but afterward; or, if he did, he returned to Babylon again. The number of the men of the people This is a kind of title to the following verses. This... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:1-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:2

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