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Ezra 2:27

in Ezra 2

the men of Michmash, 122;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.

KJV

The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172

on Ezra 2:3-35

Verses 3 to 35 name family after family. Adam Clarke notes the pattern: a person's name marks descendants, and a place name marks its former inhabitants. John Gill sets the list beside the parallel roll in Nehemiah 7 and finds the two agree in substance while differing in some numbers.

This site's exposition

the men of Michmash, 122

Nehemiah 7:31 gives the same 122. Michmash is counted alone between two grouped entries, Ramah and Geba in verse 26 and Bethel and Ai in verse 28. Its neighbours on both sides are larger, at 621 and 223.

The words behind it

5 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.

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • מִכְמָ֔סMicmash

    mikhmasH4363 →

  • מֵאָ֖הone hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סand two

    ushenayimH8147 →768 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 Samuel 13:23

    And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 10:28

      Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 14:4–5

      Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

    • 1 Samuel 14:1

      One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

  • Through

    Isaiah 10:28

    Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 13:5

      Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 14:2

      Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,

    • 1 Samuel 13:2

      He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 13:5

    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 11:4

      So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.

    • 1 Samuel 14:23

      So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, Nehemiah 7:31, the parallel register; Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 2 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.