Ezra 2:40

40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah ^[a]), 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 descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

39 and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah ), 74.

41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.

42 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.

Footnotes

• [a] Hodaviah is a variant of Hodevah; see Nehemiah 7:43.