Ezra 2:3-35

3 the descendants of Parosh¹, 2,172

4 of Shephatiah, 372

5 of Arah, 775

6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812

7 of Elam, 1,254

8 of Zattu, 945

9 of Zaccai, 760

10 of Bani, 642

11 of Bebai, 623

12 of Azgad, 1,222

13 of Adonikam², 666

14 of Bigvai, 2,056

15 of Adin, 454

16 of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98

17 of Bezai, 323

18 of Jorah, 112

19 of Hashum, 223

20 of Gibbar, 95

21 the men of Bethlehem³, 123

22 of Netophah, 56

23 of Anathoth, 128

24 of Azmaveth, 42

25 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth, 743

26 of Ramah⁴ and Geba, 621

27 of Micmash, 122

28 of Bethel and Ai⁵, 223

29 of Nebo, 52

30 of Magbish, 156

31 of the other Elam, 1,254

32 of Harim, 320

33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725

34 of Jericho⁶, 345

35 of Senaah, 3,630

Ezra 2:3-35 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.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 8:3; Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 3:25
• 2. Ezra 8:13
• 3. Micah 5:2
• 4. S Joshua 18:25
• 5. S Genesis 12:8
• 6. 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Chronicles 28:15