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Ezra 2:40 KJV
Ezra · chapter 2 · verse 40
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.Ezra 2:40 · King James Version
Ezra 2:40 in context
38The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
41The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred 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 thirty and nine.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- HodaviahHôwdavyâhHodavjah, the name of three IsraelitesH1938 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- KadmielQadmîyʼêlKadmiel, the name of three IsraelitesH6934 →
- 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