Ezra 2:68

some. a portion. Ezra mentions what one portion gave. Nehemiah (Ezr 7:70) mentions what he and two other portions gave. Hence the numbers "perforce" cannot be the same, and there is no "discrepancy".

chief. heads.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4.

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The house — That is, to the ruins of the house; or to the place were it stood.

⁶⁸ And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezra 2:68