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Ezra 2:64

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2:64 The entire group numbered 42,360, 1 

Ezra 8:13

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8:13 from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. 2  Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

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[2:64]  1 sn The same total is given in Neh 7:66, but it is difficult to understand how this number is reached, since the numbers of people listed in the constituent groups do not add up to 42,360. The list in vv. 3-60 apparently is not intended to be exhaustive, but the basis of the selectivity is unclear.

[8:13]  2 tn Or “those who came later.” The exact meaning of this Hebrew phrase is uncertain. It may refer to the last remaining members of Adonikam’s family who were in Babylon. So, for example, H. G. M. Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah (WBC), 108; cf. NASB, NIV, NCV. The phrase has also been taken to mean “the younger sons (so NAB), or the ones who “returned at a later date” (so TEV).



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