Ezra 2:60

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְּנֵי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Delaiah	דְלָיָ֥ה de.la.Yah	H1806	Delajah · proper noun, a man's name
children	בְנֵי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Tobiah	טוֹבִיָּ֖ה toi.Yah	H2900	Tobijah · proper noun, a man's name
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Nekoda	נְקוֹדָ֑א ne.ko.Da'	H5353	Nekoda · proper noun, a man's name
six	שֵׁ֥שׁ shesh	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵא֖וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine plural absolute
fifty	חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
two	וּשְׁנָֽיִם u.she.Na.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders dual absolute

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:36-63

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. Three of the fathers of the priests here named were heads of courses, Ch1 24:7, Ch1 24:8, Ch1 24:14. The fourth was Pashur, v. 38. If these were of the posterity of that Pashur that abused Jeremiah (Jer 20:1), it is strange that so bad a man should have so good a seed, and so numerous. II. Of the Levites. I cannot but wonder at the small number of them, for, taking in both the singers and the porters (Ezr…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 2:55

The children of Solomon's servants--either the strangers that monarch enlisted in the building of the temple, or those who lived in his palace, which was deemed a high honor.

Adam Clarke on Ezra 2:55

The children of Solomon's servants - The Nethinim, and others appointed to do the meaner services of the holy house.

John Gill on Ezra 2:60

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, and the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. These, though their immediate parents were known, yet by their being mentioned here, it seems as if they could not carry their genealogy further, and make it clearly appear what was the house of their fathers, or what their family.

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 2:59-60

Those who went up with, but could not prove that they pertained to, the nation of Israel. Comp. Neh 7:61 and Neh 7:62. - Three such families are named, consisting of 652, or according to Nehemiah of 642, persons. These went up, with those who returned, from Tel-melah (Salthill) and Tel-harsa (Thicket or Forest Hill), names of Babylonian districts or regions, the situations of which cannot be ascertained. The words also which follow, אמּר אדּן כּרוּב, are obscure, but are certainly not the names of individuals, the persons who went up not being specified till Ezr 2:60. The words are names of places, but it is uncertain whether the three are used to express one or three places. In favour of th…

The Church Fathers

And from the sons of the priests, the sons of Tobiah, etc. The sons of the exiled act with the same caution towards the priests as they are reported to have acted towards the people. For they took great care that it would be openly revealed without confusion who truly belonged to the people of Israel or to the priestly lineage; but those who were suspected, or who were certainly begotten from the lineage of proselytes, that is, foreigners. Therefore, they removed the suspected priests from the office of the altar, until their origin could be more certainly clarified; but nonetheless preserved them in the society of the exiled with unanimous peace. According to the mystical sense, the sons of the priests, ascending from the Babylonian captivity, seek the record of their genealogy, and not finding it, are ejected from the priesthood; because they themselves, the ministers of the altar, fall into such crimes and such unspeakable doctrines that even if they return to salvation by repenting, they cannot become worthy to be promoted to the sacred rank which they lost, nor to resume the office of teaching the Gospel or administering the sacraments. For these, although they expect eternal life among the faithful, do not find the record of their rank, which they cannot regain, among the perfect priests.
— Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

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Dictionary and topics

Captivity — (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr.…
Delaiah — Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read…
Nekoda — (distinguished).
Ozias — Son of Joram (Matt. 1:8); called also Uzziah (2 Kings 15:32, 34).
Sadoc — Just, mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Matt. 1:14).
Temple, the Second — After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the long-desolated kingdom. The body of pilgrims, forming…
Tobiah — Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in…
Nekoda · Name of two Jewish exiles — Name of two Jewish exiles

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 2:60

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:36-63

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 2:55

Adam Clarke on Ezra 2:55

John Gill on Ezra 2:60

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 2:59-60

The Church Fathers

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Ezra 2:60

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:36-63

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 2:55

Adam Clarke on Ezra 2:55

John Gill on Ezra 2:60

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 2:59-60

The Church Fathers

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 2:59-60

Rashi on Ezra 2:60