Ezra 2:6

Ezra 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
• New International Version (NIV)of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Pahath-Moab, of the people of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

Context of Ezra 2:6

4Shephatiah’s descendants 372 5Arah’s descendants 775 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812 7Elam’s descendants 1,254 8Zattu’s descendants 945

Ezra 2:6 word by word

בְּנֵֽי־פַחַ֥ת מוֹאָ֛ב לִבְנֵ֥י יֵשׁ֖וּעַ יוֹאָ֑ב אַלְפַּ֕יִם שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָֽׂר׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Pahath–moabפַּ֫חַת מוֹאָבpachath mô'âb · Pahath-moabH6355
• of Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442
• Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• two thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• and twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Ezra 2:6

• Ezra 8:4Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah from Pahath-moab’s descendants, and 200 men with him;
• Ezra 10:30Pahath-moab’s descendants: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;
• Nehemiah 7:11Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818
• Nehemiah 10:14The heads of the people were Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
• Ezra 8:9Obadiah son of Jehiel from Joab’s descendants, and 218 men with him;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:6

• 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 2:6

• Jeshua
• Joab
• Pahath-Moab

In the dictionaries

• Joab
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Pahath-Moab
• Captivity
• Jeshua
• Pahathmoab
• Temple, the Second
• Addus

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