Ezra 2:64 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, ”

Ezra 2:64 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sum total is given without any variation by Ezra, by Nehemiah (see the marginal reference), and by Esdras (1 Esdras 5:41), who adds, that in this reckoning only those of twelve years of age and...
Ezra 2:64 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

congregation . assembly, or muster. forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. This number (42,360) agrees with Nehemiah 7:66 . The two lists of names are not alike; but there is no...
Ezra 2:64 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Ezra 2:64 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 64. The whole congregation—was forty-and-two thousand three hundred and threescore — Dr. Lightfoot observes on this passage, "Here is a summa totalis [ a sum total ] of forty-two thousand...
Ezra 2:64 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. This gross am...
Ezra 2:64 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This sum total is the same in Nehemiah; but the several sums in Ezra make 29,818, and in Nehemiah 31,089. The apocryphal Esdras agrees in the total, but makes in the particulars 33,950, adding that c...
Ezra 2:64 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Building of the Altar Ezra 2:61-70 ; Ezra 3:1-7 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded th...
Ezra 2:64 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will compare accounts in this of the return with that of their carrying away, he will find that they had multiplied as they had done in Egypt under all their affliction. Precious though...
Ezra 2:64 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred [and] threescore. But the sums before given make no more, with Zerubbabel, and the ten principal men, than 29,829, so that t...
Ezra 2:64 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred [and] threescore, Ver. 64. Forty and two thousand ] Ten or twelve thousand whereof seem to be of the ten tribes that were...
Ezra 2:64 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore This is more than double the number which were carried away captive by Nebuchadnezzar. But here occurs a small difficulty; (like that in the end...
Ezra 2:64 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred t...
Ezra 2:64 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The particular sums here recited come only 29,818; unto whom are added in this total sum, 12,542; which either were of the other tribes beside Judah and Benjamin, or were such as were supposed by the...
Ezra 2:64 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezra 2:64 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 2:64 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezra 2:64 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Ezra 2:64 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ezra 2:64 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People and the Priests Without Genealogy
Ezra 2:64 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 9:8 ; Isaiah 10:20-22 ; Jeremiah 23:3 ; Nehemiah 7:66-69
Ezra 2:64 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Ezra 2:64 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 2:64 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 2:64 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 2:64 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 2:64 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 2:64 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 2:64 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 2:64 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 2:64 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 2:64 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 2:64 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes