Ezra 2

Ezra 2:1

THese are the children] Nehe. 7. 6, &c.

province] Meaning Judea, which was a province subject to the Babylonians, Nehe. 1. 3. and 11. 3. Or, such as dwelt in the province of Babylon (so called, Daniel 3:1.)

which had been carried away] See v. 21.

Ezra 2:2

Zerubbabel] Zerubbabel was cheif captain, and Jeshua high priest: but Nehemiah a man of great authority, went not now, but came after sixty four yeers, unlesse it were another Nehemiah, for one of that name is said to come up at first, Nehem. 7. 56.

Seraiah] Or, Azariah, Nehem. 7. 7.

Mordecai] This seems not to be Mordecai, Esthers kinsman, for he came up afterward in the reign of Artaxerxes, Nehem. 2. 1.

people of Israel] Meaning of the common people.

Ezra 2:6

Pahath-moab] Nehe. 7. 11.

Ezra 2:10

Bani] Or, Binnui, Nehe. 7. 15.

Ezra 2:16

of Hezekiah] Which were of the posterity of Hezekiah. Very likely by some younger son. Or, it may be another Hezekiah then the king.

Ezra 2:18

Jorah] Or, Hariph, Nehem. 7. 24.

Ezra 2:20

Gibbar] Or, Gibeon, Nehe. 7. 25.

Beth-lehem] That is, they that had dwelt there. Or, their posterity, Haggai 2:5. For so the word signifies, when it is added to names of places.

Ezra 2:24

Azmaveth] Or, Bethazmaveth, Nehe. 7. 28.

Ezra 2:29

Nebo] Not of Nebo beyond Jordan in the tribe of Reuben, for none are mentioned here but the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, which belonged to the kingdom of Judah: but of the other Nebo, which before the captivity was called Nob, and is by Neherniah called the other Nebo, Nehemiah 7:33.

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Elam] See verse 7.

Ezra 2:33

Lod] Of the posterity of Lod, of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 8. 12.

Hadid] Or, Harid, as it is in some copies.

Ezra 2:36

The priests] Before he had reckoned up such as returned of Judah, and Benjamin: now he comes to the tribe of Levi, and begins with the priests.

Jedaiah] 1 Chronicles 24:7.

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Immer] 1 Chron. 24. 14.

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Pashur] 1 Chron. 9. 21.

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Harim] 1 Chron. 24. 8.

Ezra 2:40

Hodavaiah] Or, Judah, chap. 3. 9. called also Hodevah, Nehe. 7. 43.

Ezra 2:43

The Nethinims] So called because they were given to the house of God, to cut wood and bear water for the use of the sacrifices, and came of the Gibeonites, which were appointed to this use by Joshuah, Joshua 9:23. 1 Chron. 9. 2.

Ezra 2:46

Shalmai] Or, Shamlai.

Ezra 2:52

Bazluth] Or, Bazlith, Nehe. 7. 54.

Ezra 2:55

of Solomons servants] Of the Canaanites, whom Solomon made servants to the temple, as Joshuah had made the Gibeonites before. See 1 King. 9. 21, 22.

Peruda] Or, Perida, Nehe. 7. 57.

Ezra 2:57

Ami] Or, Amon, Nehe. 7. 59.

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Nethinims] Josh. 9. 21, 27. 1 Chron. 9. 2.

Solomons servants] 1 Kings 9:21.

Ezra 2:59

Tel-melah, Tel-harsa] These are names of towns in Babylon: because they which came thence are said not to know their genealogy, he tels out of what places in Babylon they came.

seed] Or, pedegree.

Ezra 2:61

Barzillai] Of him is made mention, 2 Samuel 17:27. and 2 Samuel 19:31. It may be either, because the priesthood was lightly esteemed by them, or else to get Barzillai’s lands, they changed their name, and so lost the estimation of the world, and dignity of their office.

of Barzillai the Gileadite] 2 Samuel 17:27.

Ezra 2:62

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie, but] Or, As for these they that reckoned the genealogie sought their register, but.

were they, as polluted, put from the priest hood] Heb. they were polluted from the priest-hood.

Ezra 2:63

Tirshatha] Or, governour. This is a Chaldee name, and signifieth him that hath authority over others: And it seems to be Shezbazzar, chap. 1. 8, 11. who in likelihood was Zerubbabel, chap. 2. 1. He would not let the priests that knew not their genealogies cat of the most holy things, till he might know Gods minde herein by Urim and Thummim, Numbers 27:21.

with Ʋrim and with Thummim] Exodus 28:30.

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unto the treasure of the work] 1 Chron. 26. 20.

one thousand drams of gold] Which amounts to twenty two thousand eight hundred seventy and five pound of our money. The dram is the eighth part of an ounce, and the ounce of gold is three pounds of our money: so that every dram of gold is seven shillings six pence of our money: And then sixty one thousand drams make up the sum above named. It was a Persian coyn of Darius, king of Persia, as the name Drakmon shews. See more in the notes on 1 Chronicles 29:7.

five thousand pound of silver] Which are called mina’s, and each amounts to seven pound ten shillings of our money: which being too great a sum to put in oe piece of silver, was somtimes coyned in three pieces, one of twenty shekels, another of twenty five, and the third of fifteen shekels, Ezekiel 45:12. So each mina of silver was sixty shekels: Each shekel of silver was two shillings six pence, which being computed, produceth in our coyn thirty seven thousand and five hundred pound. See the notes on 1 Kings 10:17. The whole sum now given in gold and silver, comes to sixty thousand three hundred and seventy ive pound in our coyn.