Ezra 2:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono - [Septuagint, Vatican, Lodadi; Alexandrine, Lodadid] - Lydda; Ludd (1 Chronicles 8:12: cf. Acts 9:32-38). "Hadid" (sharp), a Benjamite town, on a craggy mountain. Eusebius ('Onomast,' 'Adithaim') mentions it under the name of Aditha, as lying to the east of Lydda Diospolis) (Van de Velde, 'Syria and Palestine,' 1:, p. 444). "Ono" [Septuagint, Oonoo] (now Beit Unia), according to Winer ('Realworterbuch') - about three miles from Lydda. These three towns are commonly associated in the post-exilian history.

Ezra 2:33

33 The children of Lod, Hadid,f and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.