“ The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, ”
A List of the Exiles who Returned under Zerubbabel. See the Greek Ezra (1 Esdras) Esther 5:7-45 and Nehemiah 7:6-73 a , where this list also occurs, though with some variations. Ezra 2:1-2...
The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Names and Number of those who returned 1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa ( Ezra 5:8 ). Had carried away ] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. Every one unto his city ] i.e. to the pro...
(43-58) The Nethinims. — By the etymology those given: known by this name only in the later books. (See 1 Chronicles 9:2 .) They were hieroduli, or temple-bondsmen: the lowest order of the min...
THE SECOND EXODUS Ezra 2:1-67 THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of resemblance to the exodus of their fathers from Egypt. On both occasions the Israelites had bee...
Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the na...
I include the whole of these in one list, for Levites, Nethinims, and the Singers, with the children of Solomon's servants, may be summed up as bearing offices in one and the same household, though i...
Ezra 2:3 .
LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES (vv. 1-58) This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is recorded, and the...
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand...
No text from Poole on this verse.
A List Of Those Who Returned From Babylon To Jerusalem In The Initial Stages ( Ezra 2:1-70 ). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cy...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the list of those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their contributions for rebuilding the Temple . The contents may be arrang...
Ezra 2:1 . The children of the province. Judea under Zedekiah was reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of Ba...
The number of the men of the people of Israel. A suggestive record Consider-- I. The significance of the fact of the record. 1. It Was an honour to the pious and patriotic ones who return...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS ( Ezra 2:1-15 ). It has been argued that the whole of this...
The Priests, Levites, and Servants of the Temple
1 Chronicles 4:2 ; Ezra 2:47 ; Ezra 2:56 ; Nehemiah 7:49 ; Nehemiah 7:58