Esdras 2:8-18

8 Les enfants de Zatthu, neuf cent quarante-cinq;

9 Les enfants de Zaccaï, sept cent soixante;

10 Les enfants de Bani, six cent quarante-deux;

11 Les enfants de Bébaï, six cent vingt-trois;

12 Les enfants d'Azgad, mille deux cent vingt-deux;

13 Les enfants d'Adonikam, six cent soixante-six;

14 Les enfants de Bigvaï, deux mille cinquante-six;

15 Les enfants d'Adin, quatre cent cinquante-quatre;

16 Les enfants d'Ater, de la famille d'Ézéchias, quatre-vingt-dix-huit;

17 Les enfants de Betsaï, trois cent vingt-trois;

18 Les enfants de Jora, cent douze;

Esdras 2:8-18 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.