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
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Pahath-Moab, of the people of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
• New Living Translation (NLT)The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812

Context of Ezra 2:6

4The sons of Shephatiah, 372. 5The sons of Arah, 775. The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812. 7The sons of Elam, 1,254. 8The sons of Zattu, 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 8:4Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
• Ezra 10:30Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
• Nehemiah 7:11The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.
• Nehemiah 10:14The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
• Ezra 8:9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.

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