Ezra 2 - Introduction
_AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON; THEIR NUMBER, SUBSTANCE, AND OBLATIONS._ _Before Christ 536._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON; THEIR NUMBER, SUBSTANCE, AND OBLATIONS._ _Before Christ 536._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 1. _THE CHILDREN OF THE PROVINCE_— i.e. _Of Babylon;_ for they are here spoken of, whom Nebuchadnezzar had brought captive to Babylon; and not those of the ten tribes, who had been dispersed before by the kings of Assyria into various provinces, and who afterwards returned to Jerusalem in sep... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 31. _THE CHILDREN OF THE OTHER ELAM_— _The children of Elam-ar._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 55. _THE CHILDREN OF SOLOMON'S SERVANTS_— i.e. Of the Nethinims. See 1 Chronicles 9:2 and Calmet on the place.... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 63. _THE TIRSHATHA_— _Tirshata,_ or _Athirshata,_ the same as _Nehemiah._ The word תרשׁתא _Tirshatha_ is the name of his employment, and signifies the _king's cup-bearer,_ says Calmet. Some however think, that Zerubbabel, rather, is meant here. See Nehemiah 1:11. The meaning of the words _til... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 64. _THE WHOLE CONGREGATION—WAS FORTY-AND-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THREESCORE_— Dr. Lightfoot observes on this passage, "Here is a _summa totalis_ [_a sum total_] of forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, who returned out of captivity upon the proclamation of Cyrus; and there are h... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 69. _THREESCORE AND ONE THOUSAND DRACHMS OF GOLD, AND FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS OF SILVER_— About seventy-five thousand five hundred pounds of our money; for every drachm of gold is worth ten shillings of our money, and every mina, or pound of silver, nine pounds; for it contains sixty shekels, an... [ Continue Reading ]