Ezra 2:39

2:39 the descendants of Harim: 1,017.

Ezra 2:1

The Names of the Returning Exiles

2:1 These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

Ezra 1:8

1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.

Nehemiah 7:42

7:42 the descendants of Harim, 1,017.


sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.

tn Heb “the sons of.”

tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (haolim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASV, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”

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tn Heb “brought them forth.”

tn Heb “upon the hand of.”

sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.

sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.

tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”