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Ezra 2:40
40The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These are the Levites who returned from exile: The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) 74
Context of Ezra 2:40
38of Pashhur 1,247 39of Harim 1,017 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74 41The musicians: the descendants of Asaph 128 42The gatekeepers of the temple: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 2:40 word by word
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם בְּנֵי־יֵשׁ֧וּעַ וְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל לִבְנֵ֥י הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezra 2:40
- Ezra 3:9Joshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.
- 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
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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
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