Ezra 2:17

Ezra 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
• New International Version (NIV)of Bezai 323
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Bezai, 323.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The family of Bezai 323

Context of Ezra 2:17

15the people of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; 16the people of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; the people of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; 18the people of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; 19the people of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three;

Ezra 2:17 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י בֵצָ֔י שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Bezaiבֵּצָ֑יbêtsay · BezaiH1209
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242

Cross-references for Ezra 2:17

• Nehemiah 7:23the sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:17

• 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 2:17

• Bezai

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis
• Bassai
• Bezai

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