Ezra 2:9

Ezra 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
• New International Version (NIV)of Zakkai 760
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Zaccai, 760.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The family of Zaccai 760

Context of Ezra 2:9

7the people of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 8the people of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; the people of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; 10the people of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; 11the people of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;

Ezra 2:9 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י זַכָּ֔י שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Zaccaiזַכַּיzakkay · ZaccaiH2140
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346

Cross-references for Ezra 2:9

• Nehemiah 7:14the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

Commentaries on Ezra 2:9

• 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 2:9

• Zaccai

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Zaccai
• 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