Ezra 2:20

Ezra 2:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
• New International Version (NIV)of Gibbar 95
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Gibbar, 95.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Gibbar, ninety-five;

Context of Ezra 2:20

18112 descendants of Jorah. 19223 descendants of Hashum. 95 descendants of Gibbar. 21123 men from Bethlehem. 2256 men from Netophah.

Ezra 2:20 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י גִבָּ֖ר תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Gibbarגִּבָּרgibbâr · GibbarH1402
• ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568

Cross-references for Ezra 2:20

• Nehemiah 7:25The clan of Gibeon: 95.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:20

• 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 2:20

• Gibbar

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