Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezra 2:61
Barzillai the Gileadite. — See the well-known history in 2 Samuel 17:27.
After their name. — Rather, after her name, she having been probably an heiress.
Barzillai the Gileadite. — See the well-known history in 2 Samuel 17:27.
After their name. — Rather, after her name, she having been probably an heiress.
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_ 2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3) 3. The priests (Ezra 2:36) 4. The Levites and singers (Ez
A LIST OF THE EXILES WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL. See the Greek Ezra (1 Esdras) Esther 5:7 and Nehemiah 7:6_ a_, where this list also occurs, though with some variations. Ezra 2:1 a. province: Heb....
_Habaiah_ This name appears in Nehemiah 7:63 as -Hobaiah". R.V. _Koz_ R.V. -HAKKOZ". This name appears as that of the _seventh_priestly course in 1 Chronicles 24:10. _of the daughters of Barzillai th...
TEXT, EZRA 2:59-63 59 Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers-' households, and their descendant...
_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PRIESTS: THE CHILDREN OF HABAIAH, THE CHILDREN OF KOZ, THE CHILDREN OF BARZILLAI; WHICH TOOK A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF BARZILLAI THE GILEADITE, AND WAS CALLED AFTER THEIR...
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 provincial t...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not wel...
וּ מִ בְּנֵי֙ הַ כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֥י חֳבַיָּ֖
THE SECOND EXODUS Ezra 2:1 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 been sufferi...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR Ezra 2:61; Ezra 3:1 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded their national...
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 nam...
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of (k) Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after the...
_Their name. The priest, Berzellai, assumed the name of the family, from which he had chosen a wife. (Haydock) --- It was that of the famous old man, who was so hospitable to David, 2 Kings xix. 31. ...
It is delightful to observe even in these times of deep poverty, how tenacious the Israelites were of their true origin and descent both from Israel and among the order of Aaron. And this is to be ref...
Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
AND OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PRIESTS,.... Who could not make out their pedigree, for those that could are mentioned before: THE CHILDREN OF HABAIAH, THE CHILDREN OF KOZ, THE CHILDREN OF BARZILLAI; how...
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their n...
_And was called after their name_ Namely, _Barzillai;_ a name which he preferred before that of his own family, accounting it, as appears, a greater honour to be allied to so noble a family than to be...
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36 of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree. 64 The whole...
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their na...
THE PEOPLE AND THE PRIESTS WITHOUT GENEALOGY...
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 tota...
36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence...
To wit, Barzillai; which name he preferred before that of his own family, accounting it, as it seems, a greater honour to be allied to so noble a family, than to be a priest of the Lord. But by this a...
Ezra 2:61 sons H1121 priests H3548 sons H1121 Habaiah H2252 sons H1121 Koz H6976 sons H1121 Barzillai H1271 took...
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL STAGES (EZRA 2:1). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
CONTENTS: The returning remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel. CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give libe...
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 Babyl...
_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 returned. 2....
EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch. Ez...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:59 WHETHER THEY BELONGED TO ISRAEL. People were coming back after a long exile to claim inheritance and property, so credentials needed to be established. EXCLUDED FROM THE PRIESTH...
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 arrange...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS (Ezra 2:1). It has
So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; Nehemiah 7:63; Ne