Ezra 2:64
in Ezra 2The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
KJV
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. But the sums before given make no more, with Zerubbabel, and the ten principal men, than 29,829, so that there are more than 12,000 wanting; wherefore, in answer to the question, where are the 12,000? the Jews say in their chronology (a) these are they of the other tribes, who set up the altar on its bases, and gave money to the masons, &c.
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
The whole multitude as if one, etc. Note the grace of the early Church, in which the heart and soul of the multitude of believers was one (Acts IV), being found even in this group of exiles: so that even though there was such a …
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The sum total is given without any variation by Ezra, by Nehemiah (see the marginal reference), and by Esdras (1 Esdras 5:41), who adds, that in this reckoning only those of twelve years of age and upward were counted. It is curious that the total 42,360, is so greatly in excess of the items. Ezra’s items make the number 29,818; Nehemiah’s 31,089, Esdras, 33,950. The original document was probably illegible in places, and the writers were forced to make omissions.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The servants and singers, male and female, are reckoned separately (Ezr 2:65), so that putting all these items together, the number of all who went with Zerubbabel amounted to fifty thousand, with eight thousand beasts of burden [ALTING, quoted in DAVIDSON'S Hermeneutics].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקָּהָ֖ל | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| כְּאֶחָ֑ד | keechad | as one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אַרְבַּ֣ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| רִבּ֔וֹא | ribo' | ten thousand | H7239 → | |
| אַלְפַּ֖יִם | ʾalpayim | two thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| שְׁלֹשׁ־ | shelosh- | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מֵא֥וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שִׁשִּֽׁים׃ | shishim | sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַקָּהָ֖לthe assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
כְּאֶחָ֑דas one
keechadH259 →971 times
אַרְבַּ֣עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
רִבּ֔וֹאten thousand
ribo'H7239 →
אַלְפַּ֖יִםtwo thousand
ʾalpayimH505 →505 times
שְׁלֹשׁ־three
shelosh-H7969 →432 times
מֵא֥וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שִׁשִּֽׁים׃sixty
shishimH8346 →59 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
Jeremiah 23:3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and…
it leads to
- Amos 9:14–15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Jeremiah 32:37
I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them…
- Isaiah 43:5–6
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD.…
- Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
- Amos 9:14–15
Through
Ezra 9:8But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage,…
it leads to
- Psalms 13:3
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- Romans 11:5–6
In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Psalms 13:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 95.1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).