Ezra 2:60

Ezra 2:60 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;
• New Living Translation (NLT)This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—a total of 652 people.

Context of Ezra 2:60

58The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392 59The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel: The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652 61And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). 62These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Ezra 2:60 word by word

בְּנֵי־דְלָיָ֥ה בְנֵי־טוֹבִיָּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י נְקוֹדָ֑א שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Delaiahדְּלָיָ֫הוּdelâyâh delâyâhû · DelaiahH1806
• of Tobiahטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּţôbîyâh ţôbîyâhû · TobiahH2900
• of Nekodaנְקוֹדָאneqôdâ' · NekodaH5353
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Ezra 2:60

• Nehemiah 7:62the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 642

Commentaries on Ezra 2:60

• 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. 59-60Some returnees believed in Israel's God but lacked genealogical records to prove they were Israelites. Without this information, the other Israelites were unsure whether to treat them as family and intermarry with them or as outsiders. The genealogies in 1 Chronicles 1–9 show how carefully many families kept their histories.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 2:60

• Delaiah
• Levites
• Nekoda
• Tobiah

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Delaiah
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Ban
• 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