Ezra 2:3
descendants <01121> [children.]
The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from ver. 3-21; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from ver. 21-25.
Parosh <06551> [Parosh.]
[Pharosh.]
Ezra 2:7
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Ezra 2:12
Azgad <05803> [Azgad.]
[2,322.]
Ezra 2:14
Bigvai <0902> [Bigvai.]
[2,067.]
Ezra 2:37-39
Immer <0564> [Immer.]
Pashhur <06583> [Pashur.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Ezra 2:69
treasury <0214> [the treasure.]
Ezra 2:31
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Ezra 2:35
Senaah <05570> [Senaah.]
[3,930.]
Ezra 1:9-10
gold basins .... basins <0105 02091> [chargers of gold.]
29 <08672> [nine.]
Ezra 2:6
Pahath-Moab <06355> [Pahath-moab.]
[2,818.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Ezra 2:64
42,360 <0702> [forty.]
Though the sum total, both here and in Nehemiah, is equal, namely, 42,360, yet the particulars reckoned up only make 29,818 in Ezra, and 31,089 in Nehemiah; and we find that Nehemiah mentions 1,765 persons who are not in Ezra, and Ezra has 494 not mentioned in Nehemiah. This last circumstance, which seems to render all hope of reconciling them impossible, Mr. Alting thinks is the very point by which they can be reconciled; for, if we add Ezra's surplus to the sum in Nehemiah, and Nehemiah's surplus to the number in Ezra, they will both amount to 31,583; which subtracted from 42,360, leaves a deficiency of 10,777, which are not named because they did not belong to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, or to the priests, but to the other Israelitish tribes.
Ezra 2:67
Ezra 8:27
exquisite ..... bronze <05178 02896> [fine copper. Heb. yellow, or shining brass.]
The Syriac renders, {nechosho korinthyo tovo,} "good Corinthian brass;" so called from the brass found after the burning of Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was, as is generally supposed, brass, copper, silver, and gold, melted together. Sir J. Chardin, however, in a MS. note, cited by Harmer, mentioned a factitious metal used in the East, and highly esteemed there, which might probably be of an origin as ancient as Ezra. He says, "I have heard some Dutch gentlemen speak of a metal in the island of Sumatra, and among the Macassars, much more esteemed than gold, which royal personages alone are privileged to wear. It is a mixture, if I remember right, of gold and steel, or copper and steel." He afterwards added, "calmbac is the name of this metal, which is composed of gold and copper."
valuable <02532> [precious. Heb. desirable.]
Ezra 1:11
vessels <03627> [the vessels.]
5,400 <0505 02568> [five thousand.]
Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9, 10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13, 14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following statements: In Ezra. In Esdras. Gold chargers..... 30 Gold cups......... 1,000 Silver ditto...... 1,000 Silver cups....... 1,000 Knives............ 29 Silver censers.... 29 Gold basons....... 30 Gold vials........ 30 Silver ditto...... 410 Silver vials...... 2,410 Other vessels..... 1,000 Other vessels..... 1,000 _____ _____ Said to be........ 5,400 Total............. 5,469 But only.......... 2,499 _____ _____ Deficiency........ 2,901 Surplus........... 69 It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted.
captives <01473> [captivity. Heb. transportation.]
Ezra 2:65
servants <05650> [servants.]
7,337 ..... 200 <03967> [two hundred.]
