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Ezra 2:56 KJV
Ezra · chapter 2 · verse 56
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,Ezra 2:56 · King James Version
Ezra 2:56 in context
54The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
56The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
58All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- JaalahYaʻălâʼJaala or Jaalah, one of the NethinimH3279 →
- DarkonDarqôwnDarkon, one of 'Solomon's servants'H1874 →
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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