Ezra 7:7

And there went upsome of the children of Israel For "some of" compare Ezra 2:70.

some of the children of Israel i.e. a portion of the lay element of the Jewish community at Babylon, mainly of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, cf. Ezra 2:2 -the men of the people of Israel".

The division into Priests, Levites, Singers, Porters, Nethinim, as in chap. Ezra 2:36; Ezra 2:40-43.

the Levites The difficulty of obtaining Levites to accompany the caravan is described in Ezra 8:15-21.

Nethinims R.V. Nethinim, see note on Ezra 2:43.

the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king i.e. 458 b.c.