Ezra 2:22

Ezra 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
• New International Version (NIV)of Netophah 56
• English Standard Version (ESV)The men of Netophah, 56.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the men of Netophah, fifty-six;

Context of Ezra 2:22

20the sons of Gibbar, 95; 21the men of Bethlehem, 123; the men of Netophah, 56; 23the men of Anathoth, 128; 24the sons of Azmaveth, 42;

Ezra 2:22 word by word

אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְטֹפָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Netophahנְטֹפָהneţôphâh · NetophahH5199
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• and sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337

Cross-references for Ezra 2:22

• 2 Samuel 23:28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah,
• 1 Chronicles 2:54The sons (descendants) of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
• Nehemiah 7:26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
• Jeremiah 40:8they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-35the men of...the descendants of: Some returnees were identified by their hometowns. Not everyone knew their family history or had famous ancestors. Most cities mentioned were near Jerusalem.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 2:22

• Netophah

In the dictionaries

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

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