Ezra 2:15

Ezra 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
• New International Version (NIV)of Adin 454
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Adin, 454.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;

Context of Ezra 2:15

13666 descendants of Adonikam. 142,056 descendants of Bigvai. 454 descendants of Adin. 1698 descendants of Ater (from Hezekiah's family). 17323 descendants of Bezai.

Ezra 2:15 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י עָדִ֔ין אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Adinעָדִין‛âdîyn · AdinH5720
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Cross-references for Ezra 2:15

• Ezra 8:6Jonathan's son, Ebed, and 50 other men, from Adin's clan.
• Nehemiah 7:20The clan of Adin: 655.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:15

• 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 2:15

• Adin

In the dictionaries

• Four Hundred
• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Adinu; Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis

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