Ezra 2:24

Ezra 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
• New International Version (NIV)of Azmaveth 42
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Azmaveth, 42.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the people of Azmaveth, forty-two;

Context of Ezra 2:24

22the men of Netophah—56 23the men of Anathoth—128 the sons of Azmaveth—42 25the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beerot—743 26the sons of Ramah and Geba—621

Ezra 2:24 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י עַזְמָ֖וֶת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Azmavethעַזְמָ֫וֶת‛azmâveth · AzmavethH5820
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Ezra 2:24

• Nehemiah 7:28The men of Beth-azmaveth—42

Commentaries on Ezra 2:24

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-35the men of...the descendants of: Some returnees were identified by their hometowns. Not everyone knew their family history or had famous ancestors. Most cities mentioned were near Jerusalem.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 2:24

• Azmaveth
• Beth-Azmaveth

In the dictionaries

• Azmaveth
• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Azmaveth (2)
• Baiterus
• 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