Ezra 2:66
in Ezra 2They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
KJV
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSo that the far greatest part of them must walk on foot, since these can be thought to be little more than sufficient to carry their goods or baggage; some copies of the Vulgate Latin read six hundred and thirty six horses (c). (c) Ed. of Sixtus V. and the Lovain in James's Contrariety of Popish Bibles, p. 295.
This site's exposition
The whole congregation together was
on Ezra 2:64-67
John Gill totals the family counts and finds them nearly twelve thousand short of the stated forty two thousand three hundred and threescore, a gap the Jewish tradition he cites explains as members of other tribes who joined the builders without a family count of their own. Servants, maids and two hundred singers travel with the congregation, and the caravan's wealth is counted in animals too, horses, mules, camels and asses, riches a people stripped bare by exile now carries home. Adam Clarke reads the numbers as evidence of restored fortune after captivity, though he notes the manuscripts vary on the horses' own count.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"A canticle of David, when the house was built after the captivity." So far as the literal sense is concerned, the heading points to the time when the temple at Jerusalem is known to have been refurbished by Zerubbabel, son of Salathiel, after it had …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Their horses were six hundred and thirty-six, etc. A mule is born from a donkey and a mare, a she-mule from a horse and a she-donkey. Hence, among the people who ascended from captivity, the animals, which facilitated their journey, are also listed; both their …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It was not with them now as in days past. But notice is taken of 200 singing-men and women whom they had among them, who, we will suppose, were intended (as those 2 Chron. xxxv. 25 ) to excite their mourning, for it was foretold that they should, upon this occasion, go weeping ( Jer. l.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Their horses - seven hundred, etc. - They went into captivity, stripped of every thing; they now return from it, abounding in the most substantial riches, viz., horses 736, or, according to Esdras, 7036; mules, 245; camels, 435; asses, 6720; besides gold, and silver, and rich stuffs. See below.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| סוּסֵיהֶ֕ם | suseihem | horses their | H5483 → | |
| שְׁבַ֥ע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה | veshishah | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| פִּרְדֵיהֶ֕ם | pirdeihem | mules their | H6505 → | |
| מָאתַ֖יִם | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ | vachamishah | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
סוּסֵיהֶ֕םhorses their
suseihemH5483 →
שְׁבַ֥עseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְשִׁשָּׁ֑הand six
veshishahH8337 →216 times
פִּרְדֵיהֶ֕םmules their
pirdeihemH6505 →
מָאתַ֖יִםtwo hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃and five
vachamishahH2568 →343 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 95.1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.