Ezra 2:20 - Exposition

The children of Gibbar . For "Gibbar" we should probably read "Gibeon," which occurs in the corresponding passage of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 7:25 ). The writer at this point passes from persons to places, making the latter portion of his list topographical. Gibeon was a well-known town in Benjamin ( Joshua 18:25 ). Other Benjamite towns in the list are Anathoth, Ramah, Gabs, Michmas, Bethel, and Jericho. It would seem that the descendants of the captives carried off from these places retained a traditional knowledge of the locality to which they belonged.