Ezra 2:28
in Ezra 2the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
KJV
The men of Beth–el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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 Bethel and Ai, 223
Nehemiah 7:32 counts Bethel and Ai at 123. Ezra's 223 is exactly one hundred higher, the same size of gap as between the two counts of Zattu in verse 8.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַנְשֵׁ֤י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| בֵֽית־ | veit- | Beth- | H1008 → | |
| אֵל֙ | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | |
| וְהָעָ֔י | vehaai | and <the> Ai | H5857 → | |
| מָאתַ֖יִם | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ ס | usheloshah | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
אַנְשֵׁ֤י[the] men of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
בֵֽית־Beth-
veit-H1008 →
אֵל֙-el
ʾelH1008 →
וְהָעָ֔יand <the> Ai
vehaaiH5857 →
מָאתַ֖יִםtwo hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ סand three
usheloshahH7969 →432 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Joshua 7:2Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied…
it leads to
- Joshua 18:12
On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
- Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- 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…
- 1 Samuel 14:23
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
- Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- Joshua 18:12
Through
Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD,…
it leads to
- Genesis 4:26
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 11:31
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
- Genesis 4:26
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, Nehemiah 7:13 to 32, the parallel register; Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 2 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
