Ezra 2:40

Levites Returning

40 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74 *.

Ezra 2:40 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 40-42. The Levites
Singers and porters, who are reckoned in this, and the two following verses, whose numbers were no more than three hundred and forty one; whereas, in the times of David, they were 38,000, ( 1 Chronicles 23:3 ) .

Ezra 2:40 In-Context

38 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247 ;
39 the sons of Harim, 1,017 .
40 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74 .
41 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128 .
42 The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all 139 .

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In Ezra 3:9, "Judah;" in Neh 7:43, "Hodevah"
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