Skip to content
mannafest.faith

Ezra 2:61

in Ezra 2

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

KJV

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And of the children of the priests,....

The words behind it

17 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.

  • וּמִבְּנֵי֙and of [the] descendants of

    umibeneiH11214930 times

  • הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548750 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • חֳבַיָּ֖הHobaiah

    choaiyahH2252

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • הַקּ֑וֹץHakkoz

    hakotzH6976

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • בַרְזִלַּ֗יBarzillai

    varzilaiH1271

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • לָ֠קַחhe had taken

    lakachH3947

  • מִבְּנ֞וֹתone of [the] daughters of

    mibenotH1323588 times

  • בַּרְזִלַּ֤יBarzillai

    barzilaiH1271

  • הַגִּלְעָדִי֙the Gileadite

    hagiladiH1569

  • אִשָּׁ֔הa wife

    ʾishahH802781 times

  • וַיִּקָּרֵ֖אand he was called

    vaiyikare'H7121

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • שְׁמָֽם׃name their

    shemamH8034864 times

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

The walk

8 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

    1 Kings 2:7

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 17:27–29

      When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

    • 2 Samuel 9:7

      “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…

    • 2 Samuel 19:31–40

      Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

    • 2 Samuel 9:10

      You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is…

  • Through

    2 Samuel 17:27

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 2:7

      But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

    • 2 Samuel 10:1–2

      Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

    • 2 Samuel 9:4

      “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

    • 1 Samuel 11:1

      Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

About Ezra

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

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.