Ezra 2:40

Ezra 2:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
• New International Version (NIV)The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

Context of Ezra 2:40

38the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247; 39the descendants of Harim: 1,017. The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74. 41The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128. 42The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.

Ezra 2:40 word by word

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם בְּנֵי־יֵשׁ֧וּעַ וְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל לִבְנֵ֥י הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442
• and Kadmielקַדְמִיאֵלqadmîy'êl · KadmielH6934
• of Hodaviahהוֹדַוְיָהhôdavyâh · HodaviahH1938
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702

Cross-references for Ezra 2:40

• Ezra 3:9So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives the Levites.
• Nehemiah 7:43The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:40

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-63Verses 36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-42the priests...The Levites: Only seventy-four Levites returned to Jerusalem, which was a very low number. Ezra later worked hard to bring thirty-eight more with him (see study note on Ezra 8:18).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 2:40

• Hodaviah
• Jeshua
• Kadmiel
• Levites

In the dictionaries

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

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