Ezra 2:45-55

45 De kinderen van Lebana, de kinderen van Hagaba, de kinderen van Akkub;

46 De kinderen van Hagab, de kinderen van Samlai, de kinderen van Hanan;

47 De kinderen van Giddel, de kinderen van Gahar, de kinderen van Reaja;

48 De kinderen van Rezin, de kinderen van Nekoda, de kinderen van Gazzam;

49 De kinderen van Uza, de zonen van Paeah, de kinderen van Bezai;

50 De kinderen van Asna, de kinderen der Mehunim, de kinderen der Nefusim;

51 De kinderen van Bakbuk, de kinderen van Hakufa, de kinderen van Harhur;

52 De kinderen van Bazluth, de kinderen van Mehida, de kinderen van Harsa;

53 De kinderen van Barkos, de kinderen van Sisera, de kinderen van Thamah;

54 De kinderen van Neziah, de kinderen van Hatifa.

55 De kinderen der knechten van Salomo. De kinderen van Sotai, de kinderen van Sofereth, de kinderen van Peruda;

Ezra 2:45-55 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.