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Ezra 2:5

in Ezra 2

the descendants of Arah, 775;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

KJV

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is probable that all mentioned as belonging to this family repaired to the general place of rendezvous, or had enrolled their names at first as intending to go; but in the interval of preparation, some died, others were prevented by sickness or insurmountable obstacles, so that ultimately no more than six hundred fifty-two came to Jerusalem.

This site's exposition

The children of Parosh, two thousand

on Ezra 2:3-35

Verses 3 to 35 name family after family by ancestor or by hometown, the pattern Adam Clarke marks in his own notation: children of a person names descendants, children of a place names its former inhabitants. Every count stands as its own witness, since nothing else is known of most of these households beyond the number that came home. John Gill sets the list beside Nehemiah's parallel roll in his seventh chapter and finds the two registers agree in substance though not in every digit, one story kept by two hands.

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • אָרַ֔חArah

    ʾarachH733

  • שְׁבַ֥עseven

    sheva'H7651394 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • חֲמִשָּׁ֥הfive

    chamishahH2568343 times

  • וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃ סand seventy

    veshivimH765791 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

4 stops

Each 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

    Nehemiah 6:18

    For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:10

      the descendants of Arah, 652;

    • Nehemiah 3:30

      Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.

    • Nehemiah 3:4

      Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana…

  • Through

    Nehemiah 7:10

    the descendants of Arah, 652;

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 6:18

      For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.