Ezra 2:59

59 et hii qui ascenderunt de Thelmela Thelarsa Cherub et Don et Mer et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum et semen suum utrum ex Israhel essent

Ezra 2:59 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 2:59

And these were they that went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,
&c.] Places in the land of Babylon, see ( Isaiah 37:12 ) ( Ezekiel 3:15 ) .

Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their father's house,
and their seed, whether they were of Israel;
these were such that professed the Jewish religion, and went for Jews in Babylon, but could not trace their pedigree, and tell what family they were of, who their ancestors, and where they had lived in Judea; they had lost their genealogical tables, if they ever had any, and could not make it out, whether their parents were Israelites or proselyted Gentiles; or they were such who had been exposed, and taken out of the streets, and their parents unknown.

Ezra 2:59 In-Context

57 filii Saphatia filii Athil filii Phocereth qui erant de Asebaim filii Ammi

58 omnes Nathinnei et filii servorum Salomonis trecenti nonaginta duo

59 et hii qui ascenderunt de Thelmela Thelarsa Cherub et Don et Mer et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum et semen suum utrum ex Israhel essent

60 filii Delaia filii Tobia filii Necoda sescenti quinquaginta duo

61 et de filiis sacerdotum filii Obia filii Accos filii Berzellai qui accepit de filiabus Berzellai Galaditis uxorem et vocatus est nomine eorum