Ezra 2:16

Ezra 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
• New International Version (NIV)of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah) 98

Context of Ezra 2:16

14the people of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six; 15the people of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; the people of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; 17the people of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; 18the people of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;

Ezra 2:16 word by word

בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵ֥ר לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖ה תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Aterאָטֵר'âţêr · AterH333
• of Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהyechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH3169
• ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083

Cross-references for Ezra 2:16

• Nehemiah 7:21the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:16

• 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 2:16

• Ater
• Hezekiah

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Ater
• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Aterezaias
• Augia
• Baiterus

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