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CHAP. II.
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36 of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree. 64 The whole number of them, with their substance. 68 Their oblations.
1 Now these are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those which had beene caried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away vnto Babylon, and came againe vnto Ierusalem and Iudah, euery one vnto his citie;1
2 Which came with Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Saraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Biguai, Rehum, Baanah: The number of the men of the people of Israel.2
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand, an hundred seuentie and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seuentie and two.
5 The children of Arah, seuen hundred, seuentie and fiue.
6 The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelue.6
7 The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred fiftie and foure.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred fourtie and fiue.
9 The children of Zaccai, seuen hundred and threescore.
10 The children of Bani, sixe hundred, fourtie and two.10
11 The children of Bebai, sixe hundred, twentie and three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred, twentie and two.
13 The children of Adonikam, sixe hundred, sixtie and sixe.
14 The children of Biguai, two thousand fiftie and sixe.
15 The children of Adin, foure hundred, fiftie and foure.
16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninetie and eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18 The children of Iorah, an hundred and twelue.18
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twentie and three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue.20
21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie and three.
22 The children of Netophah, fiftie and sixe.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twentie and eight.
24 The children of Azmaueth, fortie and two.24
25 The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundred, and fourtie and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, sixe hundred, twentie and one.
27 The men of Michmas, an hundred, twentie and two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred, twentie and three.
29 The children of Nebo, fiftie and two.
30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fiftie and sixe.
31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred, fiftie and foure.31
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twentie.
33 The children of Lod Hadid, and Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and fiue.33
34 The children of Iericho, three hundred fourtie and fiue.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and sixe hundred and thirtie.
36 ¶ The Priests. The children of Iedaiah, of the house of Ieshua, nine hundred, seuentie and three.36
37 The children of Immer, a thousand, fiftie and two.37
38 The children of Pashur, a thousand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen.38
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seuenteene.39
40 ¶ The Leuites. The children of Ieshua, and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodauia, seuentie and foure.40
41 ¶ The singers. The children of Asaph, an hundred twentie and eight.
43 ¶ The Nethinims. The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan.46
47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephushim,
51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,52
53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 ¶ The children of Solomons seruants. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,55
56 The children of Iaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.57
58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons seruants, were three hundred ninetie and two.58
59 And these were they which went vp from Tel-melah, Tel-Harfa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel.59
61 ¶ And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, (which tooke a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.)61
62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie, but they were not found: therefore were they as polluted, put from the priesthood.62
63 And the Tirshatha said vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy things, till there stood vp a priest with Urim & with Thummim.63
64 ¶ The whole Congregation together, was fourtie and two thousand, three hundred and threescore:
66 Their horses were seuen hundred, thirtie and sixe: their mules, two hundred fourtie and fiue:
67 Their camels, foure hundred, thirty and fiue: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundred and twentie.
69 They gaue after their abilitie, vnto the treasure of the worke, threescore and one thousand drammes of golde, and fiue thousand pound of siluer, and one hundred priests garments.69
View Wesley's Notes for Ezra Chapter 2
2:1 The province - Of Judah, called a province, chap.#5:8|. And he calls it thus emphatically to mind himself and his brethren of that sad change which their sins had made among them, that from an illustrious, independent, and formidable kingdom, were fallen to be an obscure, servile, and contemptible province, first under the Chaldeans, and now under the Persians.
2:2 Who came, &c. - This catalogue, differs in some names and numbers from that #Neh 7:6 |- 64, which might be because several names were given to the same persons; and because of the many changes which might happen in the same families between the time of the first making of this catalogue by Ezra, and the making it anew so many years after.
2:3 The children - The posterity, as that word is constantly taken in this catalogue. Of Parosh - That descend either from Parosh, or from that family whereof Parosh was the chief. And so for the rest.
2:5 Seven hundred, &c. - In #Neh 7:10|, they were only six hundred and fifty two, it seems seven hundred and seventy five marched out of Babylon, but some of them died, others were hindered by sickness, or other casualties, and so there came only six hundred and fifty two to Jerusalem. And the like is to be said in the like differences: which it suffices to hint once for all.
2:21 Beth - lehem - And so these were the remainders of the inhabitants of that city. (And the like may be said of the two following names, Netophah and Anathoth, or others of the like nature.) So little was Beth - lehem among the thousands of Judah! Yet thence must the Messiah arise.
2:39 Harim - The head of one of the twenty four courses which David appointed, #1Chron 24:8|, of all which courses, some observe here are not above four or five that returned. There is another Harim mentioned above, ver.#32|, but that was no priest, as this was ver.#36|.
2:43 Nethinims - Persons devoted to the inferior services of the priests and Levites. Commonly supposed to be the Gibeonites, given, (so their name signifies) by Joshua first, and again by David, when Saul had expelled them, to the priests and Levites, for those services.
2:55 Servants - Who had lived in Solomon's family, and after his death, called themselves and their families by that name, esteeming it a great honour that they had been servants to so great a prince.
2:62 Genealogy - The Jews were generally very exact in their genealogies from their own choice and interest, that they might preserve the distinctions of the several tribes and families, which was necessary both to make out their titles to offices or inheritances, and to govern themselves thereby in the matter of marriages, and from the special providence of God, that so it might be certainly known of what tribe and family the Messiah was born.
2:63 Tirshatha - The governor, Zerubbabel. With Urim, &c. - That this point which could not be found out by human skill, might be determined by Divine direction. Hereby it appears that the Urim and Thummim were lost in the destruction of the city and temple, tho' the Jews fed themselves with hopes of recovering them, but in vain. And by the want of that oracle, they were taught to expect the great oracle, the Messiah.
2:64 The whole, &c. - The particular sums here recited, come only to twenty and nine thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Unto whom are added in this total sum twelve thousand five hundred and forty two. Which, either were of the other tribes beside Judah and Benjamin: or were such as were supposed to be Israelites, but could not prove their pedigree by their genealogies.
2:65 Women - For women as well as men were employed in this exercise in the temple - service.
2:68 The house - That is, to the ruins of the house; or to the place were it stood.
2:69 Sixty one thousand drams - Sixty one thousand drams of gold amount to something more than so many pounds of our money. So bishop Cumberland, who likewise supposes five thousand pounds of silver, to be about thirty seven thousand pounds sterling.
2:70 And all Israel in their cities - And they dwelt in peace, in perfect harmony, a blessed presage of their settlement, as their discord in the latter times of that state, was of their ruin.
Ezra Chapter 2 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 Nehem. 7.6, &c.
2 Or, Azariah, nehe.7.7.
6 Nehem. 7.10.
10 Or, Binnui, nehem.7. 15.
18 Or, Hariph, nehem. 7.24.
20 Or, Gibeon, nehem.7.25.
24 Or, Beth-Asmaueth, Nehe.7.28.
31 See ver.7.
33 Or, Harid, as it is in some copies.
36 1.Chro. 24.7.
37 1.Chro. 24.14.
38 1.Chro.9. 12.
39 1.Chro. 24.8.
40 Or, Iuda, chap.3. 9. called also Hodeuah, nehem.7.43.
46 Or, Shamlai.
52 Or, Bazlith, in Nehem.
55 Or, Perida, in Nehem.
57 Or, Amon, in Nehem.
58 Iosh.9. 21, 27. 1.chro.9.2. , 1.King.9. 21.
59 Or, pedegree.
61 2.Sam.17 27.
62 Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood.
63 Or, gouernour. , Exod. 28. 30.
69 1. Chron. 26.20.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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