Ezra 2:13

Ezra 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
• New International Version (NIV)of Adonikam 666
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Adonikam, 666.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six;

Context of Ezra 2:13

11the sons of Bebai, 623; 12the sons of Azgad, 1,222; the sons of Adonikam, 666; 14the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; 15the sons of Adin, 454;

Ezra 2:13 word by word

בְּנֵי֙ אֲדֹ֣נִיקָ֔ם שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Adonikamאֲדֹנִיקָם'ădônîyqâm · AdonikamH140
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346

Cross-references for Ezra 2:13

• Ezra 8:13of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, their names are Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, with 60 men;
• Nehemiah 7:18the sons of Adonikam, 667;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:13

• 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 2:13

• Adonikam

In the dictionaries

• Adonikam
• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis
• 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