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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_
2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3)
3. The priests (Ezra 2:36)
4. The Levites and singers (Ez
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A LIST OF THE EXILES WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL. See the Greek Ezra
(1 Esdras) Esther 5:7 and Nehemiah 7:6_ a_, where this list also
occurs, though with some variations.
Ezra 2:1 a. province: Heb....
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_Habaiah_ This name appears in Nehemiah 7:63 as -Hobaiah". R.V.
_Koz_ R.V. -HAKKOZ". This name appears as that of the
_seventh_priestly course in 1 Chronicles 24:10.
_of the daughters of Barzillai th...
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TEXT, EZRA 2:59-63
59
Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Telharsha, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their
fathers-' households, and their descendant...
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_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PRIESTS: THE CHILDREN OF HABAIAH, THE
CHILDREN OF KOZ, THE CHILDREN OF BARZILLAI; WHICH TOOK A WIFE OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF BARZILLAI THE GILEADITE, AND WAS CALLED AFTER THEIR...
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THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED
1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). HAD
CARRIED AWAY] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY] i.e.
to the provincial t...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 2
In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were
leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not
wel...
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(59-63) Finally, those who had lost the records of their lineage are
mentioned. Of the people, the children of three families from
Tel-melah, _Hill of salt,_ Tel-harsa, _Hill of the wood,_ and a few
o...
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BARZILLAI THE GILEADITE. — See the well-known history in 2 Samuel
17:27.
AFTER THEIR NAME. — Rather, _after her name,_ she having been
probably an heiress....
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וּ מִ בְּנֵי֙ הַ כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֥י
חֳבַיָּ֖
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THE SECOND EXODUS
Ezra 2:1
THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of
resemblance to the exodus of their fathers from Egypt. On both
occasions the Israelites had been sufferi...
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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR
Ezra 2:61; Ezra 3:1
Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain
their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded
their national...
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Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f
Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds
in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the nam...
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And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of (k) Barzillai; which took a wife of
the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after the...
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_Their name. The priest, Berzellai, assumed the name of the family,
from which he had chosen a wife. (Haydock) --- It was that of the
famous old man, who was so hospitable to David, 2 Kings xix. 31.
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It is delightful to observe even in these times of deep poverty, how
tenacious the Israelites were of their true origin and descent both
from Israel and among the order of Aaron. And this is to be ref...
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Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an
opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles
that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
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AND OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PRIESTS,.... Who could not make out their
pedigree, for those that could are mentioned before:
THE CHILDREN OF HABAIAH, THE CHILDREN OF KOZ, THE CHILDREN OF
BARZILLAI; how...
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And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their n...
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_And was called after their name_ Namely, _Barzillai;_ a name which he
preferred before that of his own family, accounting it, as appears, a
greater honour to be allied to so noble a family than to be...
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1 The number that returne, of the people,
36 of the Priests,
40 of the Leuites,
43 of the Nethinims,
55 of Solomons seruants,
62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree.
64 The whole...
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LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES
(vv. 1-58)
This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual
who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is
recorded, and the tota...
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36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of
reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when
it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence...
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To wit, Barzillai; which name he preferred before that of his own
family, accounting it, as it seems, a greater honour to be allied to
so noble a family, than to be a priest of the Lord. But by this
a...
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Ezra 2:61 sons H1121 priests H3548 sons H1121 Habaiah H2252 sons H1121
Koz H6976 sons H1121 Barzillai H1271 took...
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A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL
STAGES (EZRA 2:1).
In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from
Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
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CONTENTS: The returning remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel.
CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a
faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give
libe...
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Ezra 2:1. _The children of the province._ Judea under Zedekiah was
reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may
import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of
Babyl...
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_The number of the men of the people of Israel._
A SUGGESTIVE RECORD
Consider--
I. The significance of the fact of the record.
1. It Was an honour to the pious and patriotic ones who returned.
2....
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EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long
chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in
their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch.
Ez...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:59 WHETHER THEY BELONGED TO ISRAEL. People were
coming back after a long exile to claim inheritance and property, so
credentials needed to be established. EXCLUDED FROM THE PRIESTH...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have _the list of
those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their
contributions for rebuilding the Temple_. The contents may be arrange...
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EXPOSITION
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL, AND
THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS (Ezra 2:1). It has
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So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty
thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and
the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
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1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; Nehemiah 7:63; Ne