Ezra 2:60
in Ezra 2the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
KJV
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis, it seems, was expected and desired, but it does not appear that ever they were blessed with it under the second temple. They had the canon of the Old Testament complete, which was better than Urim; and, by the want of that oracle, they were taught to expect the Messiah the great Oracle, which the Urim and Thummim was but a type of.
This site's exposition
could not shew their father
on Ezra 2:59-61
Verses 59 to 61 name families who returned from Babylonian towns without any register to show they belonged to Israel by descent, and priests among them who carried the name of Barzillai the Gileadite after marrying into his line. The exile had broken written records along with everything else it broke, and the list keeps that gap honest rather than smoothing it over. John Gill reads the towns named, Tel-melah and Tel-harsa, as Babylonian settlements otherwise unknown, the families' only address left to history.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And from the sons of the priests, the sons of Tobiah, etc. The sons of the exiled act with the same caution towards the priests as they are reported to have acted towards the people. For they took great care that it would be openly …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, and the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. These, though their immediate parents were known, yet by their being mentioned here, it seems as if they could not carry their genealogy further, and make it clearly appear what was the house of their fathers, or what their family.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דְלָיָ֥ה | delayah | Delaiah | H1806 → | |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| טוֹבִיָּ֖ה | toiyah | Tobiah | H2900 → | |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְקוֹדָ֑א | nekoda' | Nekoda | H5353 → | |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ ס | ushenayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
דְלָיָ֥הDelaiah
delayahH1806 →
בְנֵי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
טוֹבִיָּ֖הTobiah
toiyahH2900 →
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
נְקוֹדָ֑אNekoda
nekoda'H5353 →
שֵׁ֥שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סand two
ushenayimH8147 →768 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezra
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.