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Ezra 2:36 KJV
Ezra · chapter 2 · verse 36
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.Ezra 2:36 · King James Version
Ezra 2:36 in context
34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
37The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- JedaiahYᵉdaʻyâhJedajah, the name of two IsraelitesH3048 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- seventyshibʻîymseventyH7657 →
- JeshuaYêshûwaʻJeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in PalestineH3442 →
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Here is an account, I. Of the priests that returned, and they were a considerable number, about a tenth part of the whole company: for the whole were above 42,000 (Ezr 2:64), and four families of priests made up above 4200 (Ezr 2:36-39); thus was the tenth God's part - a blessed decimation.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-63