Ezra 2:42
in Ezra 2The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
KJV
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The priests: the children of Jedaiah
on Ezra 2:36-42
The order now shifts from town to office: priests first, drawn from only four priestly houses, then Levites, then the singers of Asaph's line, then the porters who kept the gates. John Gill notes the Levites number just seventy four against the thirty eight thousand who served in David's day, a remnant carrying an office a nation once filled. The same order, priests before singers before gatekeepers, is the order worship takes up again once the altar stands in the next chapter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
If one place, one family, has the reputation for pious zeal now, another may have it another time. The wind blows where it listeth, and shifts its points. Of the Nethinim, who, it is supposed, were the Gibeonites, given (so their name signifies) by Joshua first ( Josh. ix.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים | hashoarim | the gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שַׁלּ֤וּם | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָטֵר֙ | ʾater | Ater | H333 → | |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| טַלְמ֣וֹן | talmon | Talmon | H2929 → | |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַקּ֔וּב | ʾakuv | Akkub | H6126 → | |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲטִיטָ֖א | chatita' | Hatita | H2410 → | |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֹׁבָ֑י | shovai | Shobai | H7630 → | |
| הַכֹּ֕ל | hakol | <the> everyone | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מֵאָ֖ה | meah | [was] one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְתִשְׁעָֽה׃ פ | vetishah | and nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗יםthe gatekeepers
hashoarimH7778 →37 times
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שַׁלּ֤וּםShallum
shalumH7967 →27 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
אָטֵר֙Ater
ʾaterH333 →
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
טַלְמ֣וֹןTalmon
talmonH2929 →
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
עַקּ֔וּבAkkub
ʾakuvH6126 →
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
חֲטִיטָ֖אHatita
chatita'H2410 →
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
שֹׁבָ֑יShobai
shovaiH7630 →
הַכֹּ֕ל<the> everyone
hakolH3605 →5413 times
מֵאָ֖ה[was] one hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְתִשְׁעָֽה׃ פand nine
vetishahH8672 →58 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 9:17These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:1–32
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:19
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- 1 Chronicles 26:1–32
About Ezra
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.