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Ezra 2:42 KJV
Ezra · chapter 2 · verse 42
The 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.Ezra 2:42 · King James Version
Ezra 2:42 in context
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.
43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
44The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- portersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- ShallumShallûwmShallum, the name of fourteen IsraelitesH7967 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- TalmonṬalmôwnTalmon, a temple doorkeeperH2929 →
- HatitaChăṭîyṭâʼChatita, a temple porterH2410 →
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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