Ezra 2:69

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:64-70

Here is, I. The sum total of the company that returned out of Babylon. The particular sums before mentioned amount not quite to 30,000 (29,818), so that there were above 12,000 that come out into any of those accounts, who, it is probable, were of the rest of the tribes of Israel, besides Judah and Benjamin, that could not tell of what particular family or city they were, but that they were Israelites, and of what tribe. Now, 1. This was more than double the number that were carried captive... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:69

They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the world threescore and one thousand drachms of gold ,.... These "darcemons or darics" were a Persian coin; one of which, according to Brerewood F11 De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num. ch. iii. v. , was of the value of fifteen shillings of our money, and so this quantity of them amounted to 45,750 pounds; but according to Bishop Cumberland F12 Scripture Weights & Measures, ch. 4. p. 115. they were of the value of twenty... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 2:69

Threescore and one thousand drams of gold - דרכמונים darkemonim , drakmons or darics; a Persian coin, always of gold, and worth about 1£. 5s., not less than £76,250 sterling in gold. Five thousand pounds of silver - מנים manim , manehs or minas. As a weight, the maneh was 100 shekels; as a coin, 60 shekels in value, or about 9£.; 5000 of these manehs therefore will amount to £45,000, making in the whole a sum of about £120,000; and in this are not included the... 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 2:68-70

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:68-70

The arrival. After the muster-roll, as described to us in Ezra 2:1-67 of this chapter, the next thing, naturally, is the expedition itself. In the present instance, however, this is disposed of in a couple of syllables. "They came." In these modern days—so some one has noticed—in consequence of the great comparative ease and rapidity of the means of locomotion, we speak rather of arriving at than of travelling to our destinations. There is something parallel here. Nothing is related of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:68-70

Social and spiritual gradations. The company that came out of Babylonian captivity was by no means a disorderly or unorganized multitude. It was well officered, and was divided and subdivided into ranks. It probably marched in regular order. Under the "Tirshatha" Zerubbabel, Jeshua the high priest, and Mordecai (probably the honoured deliverer), with other natural leaders, came ( Ezra 2:70 ), priests, Levites (a singularly and disproportionately small number of these), the people... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:69

After their ability. As each was able; the richer more, the poorer less. Threescore and one thousand drams of gold. The word translated "dram" is darkemon , which appears to be the Hebrew representative of the Persian word which the Greeks rendered by dareikos , or "daric . " This was a gold coin, stamped with the figure of a Persian king, wearing his crown, and armed with a bow and arrow. According to the most exact computation, each such coin contained somewhat more pure gold... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 2:69

The numbers here and in Nehemiah (see the marginal reference) vary. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 2:69

Ezra 2:69. Threescore and one thousand drachms of gold, &c. About seventy-five thousand and five hundred pounds of our money; for every drachm of gold is worth ten shillings of our money, and every mina, or pound of silver, nine pounds; for it contains sixty shekels, and every shekel of silver is worth three shillings of our money. And one hundred priests’ garments Garments, as well as gold and silver, were wont to be laid up in treasuries, Matthew 6:20. We may infer then, from these... read more

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