Ezra 2:11

Ezra 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
• New International Version (NIV)of Bebai 623
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Bebai, 623.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;

Context of Ezra 2:11

9the sons of Zaccai, 760; 10the sons of Bani, 642; the sons of Bebai, 623; 12the sons of Azgad, 1,222; 13the sons of Adonikam, 666;

Ezra 2:11 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י בֵבָ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Bebaiבֵּבַיbêbay · BebaiH893
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969

Cross-references for Ezra 2:11

• Ezra 8:11of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, with 28 men;
• Ezra 10:28and of the sons also of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
• Nehemiah 7:16the sons of Bebai, 628;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:11

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-20In the ancient Near East, people identified themselves by answering, “Who are your father and your family?” Priests were known as the sons of Aaron. If they could not prove this link, they could not serve (Ezra 2:61–62). Others identified themselves by a well-known elder in their group.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-701. children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia. came again…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 2:11

• Bebai

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis
• Bebai
• Children of Israel

Commentaries on Ezra 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings