Ezra 2:40

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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74
• 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.

Context of Ezra 2:40

38The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and forty and seven. 39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred and twenty and eight. 42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred and thirty and nine.

Ezra 2:40 word by word

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם בְּנֵי־יֵשׁ֧וּעַ וְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל לִבְנֵ֥י הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442
• Kadmielקַדְמִיאֵלqadmîy'êl · KadmielH6934
• Hodaviahהוֹדַוְיָהhôdavyâh · HodaviahH1938
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702

Cross-references for Ezra 2:40

• Ezra 3:9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
• Nehemiah 7:43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

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

Topics related to Ezra 2:40

• Hodaviah
• Jeshua
• Kadmiel
• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Jeshua
• Temple, the Second
• 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