Ezra 2:52-62

52 the sons of ^[a]Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

54 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

55 The sons of ¹Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of ^[b]Hassophereth, the sons of ^[c]Peruda,

56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of ^[d]Ami.

58 All the ²temple servants and the sons of ³Solomon's servants were 392 * * *.

59 Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers' households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 652 * * *.

Priests Removed

61 Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of ⁴Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name.

62 These searched among their ancestral registration *, but they could not be located; ⁵therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

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Ezra 2:52-62 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 2

This chapter contains a list of those that went up from Babylon to Jerusalem, of their leaders, their chief men, princes and priests, Ezr 2:1,2 of the people, described by their families, towns, and cities, and number of persons, Ezr 2:3-35, of the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, Ezr 2:36-58, and of those that could not make out their genealogy, people and priests, Ezr 2:59-63, and then the sum total of the whole congregation is given, Ezr 2:64, besides men and maidservants, singing men and women, and cattle of divers sorts, Ezr 2:65-67, and the chapter is closed with an account of the freewill offerings of the principal men towards the building of the temple, and of the settlement of the people in their respective cities, Ezr 2:68-70.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Kings 9:21
2. 1 Chronicles 9:2
3. 1 Kings 9:21
4. 2 Samuel 17:27; 1 Kings 2:7
5. Numbers 16:39, 40

Footnotes 8

[a]. In Neh 7:54, "Bazlith"
[b]. In Neh 7:57, "Sophereth"
[c]. In Neh 7:57, "Perida"
[d]. In Neh 7:59, "Amon"
[e]. In Neh 7:61, "Addon"
[f]. Lit "tell"
[g]. Lit "seed"
[h]. In Neh 7:63, "Hobaiah"