Ezra 2:24-34

24 The children of `Azmavet, forty-two.

25 The children of Kiryat-Arim, Kefirah, and Be'erot, seven hundred forty-three.

26 The children of Ramah and Geva, six hundred twenty-one.

27 The men of Mikhmas, one hundred twenty-two.

28 The men of Beit-El and `Ai, two hundred twenty-three.

29 The children of Nevo, fifty-two.

30 The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.

31 The children of the other `Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.

33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.

34 The children of Yericho, three hundred forty-five.

Ezra 2:24-34 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.