The number of them that returned to Judea: their oblations.
The names and number of special men, which returned vnder the conduct of Zorobabel into lerusalem. 66. their substance of cattel, 68. and their oblations for the reedifying of the Temple.
1Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city.Or questi sono i figliuoli della provincia, i quali dalla schiavitù, alla quale erano stati condotti in Babilonia da Nabuchodonosor re di Babilonia, se ne tornarono a Gerusalemme, e nella terra di Giuda, ciascheduno alla sua città.AND these are the children of the prouince, that went vp from the captiuitie, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported into Babylon, and returned into Ierusalem and Iuda, euerie man into his citie.Hi sunt autem provinciæ filii, qui ascenderunt de captivitate, quam transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Babylonem, et reversi sunt in Jerusalem et Judam, unusquisque in civitatem suam. 2Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. The number of the men of the people of Israel:I quali si posero in viaggio con Zorobabel, con Josuè, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, e Baana. Ecco il numero degli uomini del popolo d'Israele.They that came with Zorobabel, Iosue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana: The number of the men of the people of Israel:Qui venerunt cum Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. Numerus virorum populi Israël: 3The children of Pharos two thousand one hundred seventy-two.Figliuoli di Pharos due mila cento settantadue.The children of Pharos two thousand an hundred seuentie two.filii Pharos duo millia centum septuaginta duo. 4The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy-two.Figliuoli di Sephatia trecento settantadue.The children of Sephatia, three hundred seuentie two.Filii Sephatia, trecenti septuaginta duo. 5The children of Area, seven hundred seventy-five.Figliuoli di Area settecento settantacinque.The children of Area, seuen hundred seuentie fiue.Filii Area, septingenti septuaginta quinque. 6The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Josue: Joab, Two thousand eight hundred twelve.Figliuoli di Phahath Moab della stirpe di Josuè, di Joab, duemila otto cento dodici.The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Iosue: Iohab, two thousand eight hundred twelue.Filii Phahath Moab, filiorum Josue: Joab, duo millia octingenti duodecim. 7The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.Figliuoli di Elam mille dugento cinquantaquattro.The children of Aelam. a thousand two hundred fiftie foure.Filii Ælam, mille ducenti quinquaginta quatuor.
8The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty-five.Figliuoli di Zethua novecento quarantacinque.The children of Zethua, nine hundred fourtie fiue.Filii Zethua, nongenti quadraginta quinque. 9The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty.Figliuoli di Zachai settecento sessanta.The children of Zachai, seuen hundred sixtie.Filii Zachai, septingenti sexaginta. 10The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.Figliuoli di Bani seicento quarantadue.The children of Bani six hundred fourtie two.Filii Bani, sexcenti quadraginta duo. 11The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.Figliuoli di Bebai seicento ventitre.The children of Bebai, six hundred twentie three.Filii Bebai, sexcenti viginti tres. 12The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty-two.Figliuoli di Azgad mille dugentoventidue.The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twentie two.Filii Azgad, mille ducenti viginti duo. 13The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixty-six.Figliuoli di Adonicam seicentosessantasei.The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixtie six.Filii Adonicam, sexcenti sexaginta sex. 14The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty-six.Figliuoli di Beguai due mila cinquantasei.The children of Beguai, two thousand fiftie six.Filii Beguai, duo millia quinquaginta sex. 15The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.Figliuoli di Adin quattrocentocinquantaquattro.The children of Adin, foure hundred fiftie foure.Filii Adin, quadringenti quinquaginta quatuor. 16The children of Ather, who were of Ezechias, ninety-eight.Figliuoli di Ather, i quali discendevano da Ezechia, novantotto.The children of Ather, which were of Ezechias, ninetie eight.Filii Ather, qui erant ex Ezechia, nonaginta octo. 17The children of Besai, three hundred and twenty-three.Figliuoli di Besai trecento ventitre.The children of Besai, three hundred and twentie three.Filii Besai, trecenti viginti tres. 18The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve.Figliuoli di Jora cento dodici.The children of Iora, an hundred twelue.Filii Jora, centum duodecim. 19The children of Hasum, two hundred twenty-three.Figliuoli di Hasum dugento ventitre.The childre of Hasum, two hundred twentie three.Filii Hasum, ducenti viginti tres. 20The children of Gebbar, ninety-five.Figliuoli di Gebbar novantacinque.The children of Gebbar, ninetie fiue.Filii Gebbar, nonaginta quinque. 21The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty-three.Figliuoli di Bethlehem cento ventitre.The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie three.Filii Bethlehem, centum viginti tres.
22The men of Netupha, fifty-six.Uomini di Netupha cinquanta sei.The men of Nerupha, fiftie six.Viri Netupha, quinquaginta sex. 23The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight.Uomini di Anathoth cento ventotto.The men of Anathoth an hundred twentie eight.Viri Anathoth, centum viginti octo. 24The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.Figliuoli di Azmaveth quarantadue.The children of Azmaueth, fourtie two.Filii Azmaveth, quadraginta duo. 25The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, seven hundred forty-three.Figliuoli di Cariathiarim, di Cephira, e di Beroth settecento quarantatre.The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, seuen hundred fourtie three.Filii Cariathiarim, Cephira et Beroth, septingenti quadraginta tres. 26The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twenty-one.Figliuoli di Rama, e di Gabaa secento vent'uno.The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twentie one.Filii Rama et Gabaa, sexcenti viginti unus. 27The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two.Uomini di Machmas cento ventidue.The men of Machmas, an hundred twentie two.Viri Machmas, centum viginti duo. 28The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty-three.Uomini di Bethel, e di Hai dugento ventitre.The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twentie three.Viri Bethel et Hai, ducenti viginti tres. 29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.Figliuoli di Nebo cinquantadue.The children of Nebo, fiftie two.Filii Nebo, quinquaginta duo. 30The children of Megbis, a hundred fifty-six.Figliuoli di Megbis cento cinquantasei.The children of Megbis, an hundred fiftie six.Filii Megbis, centum quinquaginta sex. 31The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.Figliuoli dell'altro Elam milledugento cinquantaquattro.The children of an other Aelam, a thousand two hundred fiftie foure.Filii Ælam alterius, mille ducenti quinquaginta quatuor. 32The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.Figliuoli di Harim trecento venti.The children of Harim, three hundred twentie.Filii Harim, trecenti viginti. 33The children of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.Figliuoli di Lod, di Hadid, e di Ono settecento venticinque.The children of Lod Hadid and Ono, seuen hundred twentie fiue.Filii Lod Hadid, et Ono, septingenti viginti quinque. 34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.Figliuoli di Jericho trecento quarantacinque.The children of Iericho, three hundred fourtie fiue.Filii Jericho, trecenti quadraginta quinque. 35The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred thirty.Figliuoli di Senaa tremila secentotrenta.The children of Senaa, three thousand •x hundred thirtie.Filii Senaa, tria millia sexcenti triginta.
36The priests: the children of Jadaia of the house of Josue, nine hundred seventy-three.Sacerdoti: figliuoli di Jadaia della casa di Josuè novecento settantatre.The Priestes: The children of Iadaia in the house of Iosue, nine hundred seuentie three.Sacerdotes: filii Jadaia in domo Josue, nongenti septuaginta tres. 37The children of Emmer, a thousand fifty-two.Figliuoli di Enimer mille cinquantadue.The children of Emmer, a thousand fiftie two.Filii Emmer, mille quinquaginta duo. 38The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven.Figliuoli di Pheshur mille dugentoquarantasette.The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred fourtie seuen.Filii Pheshur, mille ducenti quadraginta septem. 39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.Figliuoli di Harim mille diciassette.The children of Harim, a thousand and seuentie.Filii Harim, mille decem et septem. 40The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four.Leviti, figliuoli di Josuè, e di Cedmihel, figliuoli di Odovia settantaquattro.The Leuites: The children of Iosue and Cedmiel, the children of Odouia, seuentie foure.Levitæ: filii Josue et Cedmihel filiorum Odoviæ, septuaginta quatuor. 41The singing men: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight.Cantori: figliuoli di Asaph centovent'otto.The singing men: The children of Asaph, an hundred twentie eight.Cantores: filii Asaph, centum viginti octo. 42The children of the porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: in all a hundred thirty-nine.Figliuoli de' portinaj: figliuoli di Sellum, figliuoli di Ater, figliuoli di Telmon, figliuoli di Accub, figliuoli di Hatita, figliuoli di Sobai: in tutto centotrentanove.The children of the Porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: al an hundred thirtie nine.Filii janitorum: filii Sellum, filii Ater, filii Telmon, filii Accub, filii Hatitha, filii Sobai: universi centum triginta novem. 43The Nathinites: the children of Siha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,Nathinei: i figliuoli di Siha, i figliuoli di Hasupha, i figliuoli di Tabaoth,The Natheneites: The children of Siha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,Nathinæi: filii Siha, filii Hasupha, filii Tabbaoth, 44The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of Phadon,I figliuoli di Ceros, i figliuoli di Siaa, i figliuoli di Phadon,the children of Ceros, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon,filii Ceros, filii Siaa, filii Phadon, 45The children of Lebana, the children of Hegaba, the children of Accub,I figliuoli di Lebana, i figliuoli di Hagaba, i figliuoli di Haccub,The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Accub,filii Lebana, filii Hagaba, filii Accub, 46The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of Hanan,I figliuoli di Hagab, i figliuoli di Semlai, i figliuoli di Hanan,The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of Hanan,filii Hagab, filii Semlai, filii Hanan, 47The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,I figliuoli di Gaddel, i figliuoli di Gaher, i figliuoli di Raaia,The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,filii Gaddel, filii Gaher, filii Raaia, 48The children of Rasin, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazam,I figliuoli di Rasiti, i figliuoli di Necoda, i figliuoli di Gazam,The children of Rasin, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazam,filii Rasin, filii Necoda, filii Gazam, 49The children of Asa, the children of Phasea, the children of Besee,I figliuoli di Aza, i figliuoli di Phasea, i figliuoli di Besee,The children of Aza, the children of Phasea, the children of Besee,filii Aza, filii Phasea, filii Besee, 50The children of Asena, the children of Munim, the children of Nephusim,I figliuoli di Asena, i figliuoli di Munim, i figliuoli di Nephusim,The children of Asena, the children of Munim, the children Nephusim,filii Asena, filii Munim, filii Nephusim, 51The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of Harhur,I figliuoli di Bacbuc, i figliuoli di Hacupha, i figliuoli di Harhur,The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of Harhur,filii Bacbuc, filii Hacupha, filii Harhur, 52The children of Besluth, the children of Mahida, the children of Harsa,I figliuoli di Besluth, i figliuoli di Mahida, i figliuoli di Harsa;The children of Besluth, the children of Mahida, the children of Harsa,filii Besluth, filii Mahida, filii Harsa, 53The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,I figliuoli di Bercos, i figliuoli di Sisara, i figliuoli di Thema,The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,filii Bercos, filii Sisara, filii Thema, 54The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha,I figliuoli di Nasia, i figliuoli di Hatipha:The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha,filii Nasia, filii Hatipha, 55The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sotai, the children of Sopheret, the children of Pharuda,I figliuoli de' servi di Salomone, i figliuoli di Sotai, i figliuoli di Sophereth, i figliuoli di Pharuda,The children of the seruants of Salomon, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharuda,filii servorum Salomonis, filii Sotai, filii Sophereth, filii Pharuda, 56The children of Jala, the children of Dercon, the children of Geddel,I figliuoli di Jala, i figliuoli di Dercon, i figliuoli di Geddel,The children of Iala, the children of D•rcon, the childrē of Geddel,filii Jala, filii Dercon, filii Geddel, 57The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Asebaim, the children of Ami,I figliuoli di Saphatia, i figliuoli di Hatil, i figliuoli di Phochereth, che erano di Asebaim, i figliuoli di Ami:The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Asebaim, the children of Ami.filii Saphatia, filii Hatil, filii Phochereth, qui erant de Asebaim, filii Ami: 58All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-two.Tutti i Nathinei, e i figliuoli dei servi di Salomone trecento novantadue.Al the Nathineites, and the children of the seruantes of Salomon, three hundred ninetie two.omnes Nathinæi, et filii servorum Salomonis, trecenti nonaginta duo.
59And these are they that came up from Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. And they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seed, whether they were of Israel.Questi poi sono quelli, che partiron da Thelmala, e da Thelharsa: Cherub, e Adon, ed Emer: e non poterono indicare la famiglia, e la stirpe de' padri loro, se fossero della casa d'Israele:And these are they that came vp from Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. And they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seede, whether they were of Israel.Et hi qui ascenderunt de Thelmala, Thelharsa, Cherub, et Adon, et Emer: et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum et semen suum, utrum ex Israël essent. 60The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty-two.I figliuoli di Dalaia, i figliuoli di Tobia, i figliuoli di Necoda seicento cinquantadue.The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fiftie two.Filii Dalaia, filii Tobia, filii Necoda, sexcenti quinquaginta duo. 61And of the children of the priests: the children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai, the Galaadite, and was called by their name:E de' figliuoli di sacerdoti: i figliuoli di Hobia. I figliuoli di Accos, i figliuoli di Berzellai, il quale prese per moglie una delle figlie di Berzellai di Galaad, e ne prese il nome.And of the children of the Priestes: The children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who tooke a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name:Et de filiis sacerdotum: filii Hobia, filii Accos, filii Berzellai, qui accepit de filiabus Berzellai Galaaditis, uxorem, et vocatus est nomine eorum: 62These sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were cast out of the priesthood.Questi cercarono i registri di lor genealogia, e non li trovarono, e furono esclusi dal sacerdozio.these sought the writing of their genealogie, and found it not, and they were cast out of the Priesthood.hi quæsierunt scripturam genealogiæ suæ, et non invenerunt, et ejecti sunt de sacerdotio. 63And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.E Athersatha disse loro, che non mangiassero delle cose santificate, sino a tanto che venisse un Pontefice illuminato, e perfetto.And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eate of the Holie of holies, til there rose a priest learned and perfect. Al the multitude as it were one man,Et dixit Athersatha eis ut non comederent de Sancto sanctorum, donec surgeret sacerdos doctus atque perfectus.
64All the multitudes as one man, were forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty:Tutta questa turba, come un solo, quarantadue mila trecento sessanta;fourtie two thousand three hundred sixtie:Omnis multitudo quasi unus, quadraginta duo millia trecenti sexaginta: 65Besides their menservants, and womenservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven: and among them singing men, and singing women two hundred.Senza gli schiavi, e le schiave loro, che erano sette mila trecento trenta sette: e tra questi dugento cantatori, e cantatrici.beside their men seruantes, & wemen seruantes, which were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie seuen: and among them singing men, and singing wemen two hundred.exceptis servis eorum, et ancillis, qui erant septem millia trecenti triginta septem: et in ipsis cantores atque cantatrices ducenti. 66Their horses seven hundred thirty-six, their mules two hundred forty-five,Avean seco settecento trentasei cavalli, e dugento quarantacinque muli,Their horses seuen hundred thirtie six, their mules two hundred fourtie fiue,Equi eorum septingenti triginta sex, muli eorum, ducenti quadraginta quinque, 67Their camels four hundred thirty-five, their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.Quattrocento trentacinque cammelli, sei mila settecento venti asini.their cameles, foure hundred thirtie fiue, their asses six thousand seuen hundred twentie. And of the princes of the fathers,cameli eorum, quadringenti triginta quinque, asini eorum, sex millia septingenti viginti. 68And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the temple of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem, offered freely to the house of the Lord to build it in its place.E alcuni dei principi tra i padri entrati nel tempio del Signore, che è in Gerusalemme, fecero spontaneamente delle offerte alla casa del Signore per rifabbricarla nel suo sito.when they entred into the temple of our Lord, which is in Ierusalem, they offered voluntarily vnto the house of our Lord to build it in his place.Et de principibus patrum, cum ingrederentur templum Domini, quod est in Jerusalem, sponte obtulerunt in domum Dei ad exstruendam eam in loco suo. 69According to their ability, they gave towards the expenses of the work, sixty-one thousand solids of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred garments for the priests.E diedero (ciascuno) a proporzione delle loro forze per le spese della fabbrica, soldi d'oro sessantun mila, mine cinque mila d'argento, e cento vesti sacerdotali.According to their abilities, they gaue the expenses of the worke, of gold sixtie one thousand soldes, of siluer fiue thousand poundes, & garmentes for the priestes an hundred.Secundum vires suas dederunt impensas operis, auri solidos sexaginta millia et mille, argenti mnas quinque millia, et vestes sacerdotales centum.
70So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singing men, and the porters, and the Nathinites dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.I sacerdoti adunque, e i Leviti, e quelli del popolo, e i cantori, e i portinaj, e i Nathinei andarono ad abitare nelle loro città, e di tutto quanto Israele tornò ciascuno alla sua città.The Priestes therfore & the Leuites, and they of the people, and the singing men, and the potters, and the Nathinaites dwelt in their cities, and al Israel in their cities.Habitaverunt ergo sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et de populo, et cantores, et janitores, et Nathinæi, in urbibus suis, universusque Israël in civitatibus suis.
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Haydock
Now. This catalogue is given again, 2 Esdras 7:6., and 3 Esdras 5:7., immediately (Haydock) after the long interpolated story (Kennicott) of the three guards, concerning the superior strength of wine, the king, women or truth, in which Zorobabel gains the victory, in favour of the latter. (Haydock)
Kennicott
The rest of the book is taken from other inspired writings; (Sandford) and this story may be borrowed from Josephus: so that there is no reason for asserting "that one whole book is now lost out of the sacred canon." (Kennicott)
Kennicott
Yet this argument is by no means conclusive, as the Paralipomenon consists of such supplements, etc. These three catalogues vary considerably, not only in the proper names, but also in the numbers, (Haydock) though they must have been the same originally, and still give the same total, 42,360. We cannot find that number at present, by above 8,400. In many cases, the disagreement consists of a single unit, hundred, etc., which may lead us to suspect that the Palmyrene, or the more ancient Sidonian notation, may have been adopted in some Hebrew manuscripts, being used about the time of Christ. See Swinton's tables, (Phil. Trans. xlviii., and l.) where the Sidonian coins express the units by small perpendicular strokes; and the Palmyrene inscriptions only admit four of these together, having an arbitrary mark for 5: "the hundreds and units after the tens, are expressed in both, in the same manner as the single units." (Kennicott, 2 Diss.)
Haydock
Cordell (manuscript note on this author) disapproves of this mode of correcting, and says that the females are included in the total sum, being 12,542, not recorded in the separate sums. But this number seems too small, as there are generally as many of that sex as of the other. (Haydock)
Rondet
Some find the total 31,583, which leaves 10,777 wanting to complete 42,360, as these could not make out their genealogies, or were of the ten tribes. In this chapter only 29,818 are specified, whereas [in] 2 Esdras vii. has 31,089; the latter reckons 1765 unnoticed by Esdras, who has 494 not specified in Nehemias. The difference, that seems to make a reconciliation impossible, is what makes these authors agree; for, if you add the surplus of each to the other, the same total, 31,583, will arise. (Alting. ep. 59.) This solution, though ingenious, is not solid or satisfactory. (Rondet, t. V. p. 176.)
Haydock
De Vence rather thinks that the difference is to be laid to the charge of transcribers, or that some people enrolled themselves after the registers had been made up; so that they are only included in the general sum. (Haydock)
Calmet
Some things may have been inserted from 2 Esdras, though here out of place, (Grotius) as we find similar anachronisms, 1 Paralipomenon 9:2., and perhaps Genesis 36:31. Nehemias may also have included those whom he brought back along with these; unless we allow that some one, by attempting to reconcile the two, has thrown all into confusion. It seems undeniable, that some additions have been made to the latter book, 1 Esdras 12:11., and 22. The list given [in] 1 Paralipomenon 9:4., comprises only those who came first from Babylon. (Calmet)
Haydock
After this remark, it will hardly be requisite to specify all the variations of names and numbers. (Haydock)
Huet
"For what can be hence inferred, but that there are some arithmetical mistakes in Scripture, which no one denies?" (Huet)
Walton
"Almost all who are conversant with ancient copies, agree in the decision of St. Jerome, as they cannot but perceive that some variations have crept in, particularly with respect to numbers and proper names." (Walton)
Tirinus
Province, born in Chaldea, (Menochius) or rather belonging to Judea, which was now considered as a province of the empire, (Calmet) and paid tribute, 1 Esdras 4:13., and 2 Esdras 9:36. (Tirinus)
In 3 Esdras, we read, "These are they of Judea."
Nabuchodonosor had taken some of these; the rest were chiefly their descendants.
Haydock
Juda now is used to denote Judea. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Zorobabel was the prince, Josue the high priest. (Calmet)
Haydock
There are 12 mentioned in 2 and 3 Esdras. But here the sixth Nahamani, or Enenion, is omitted. (Haydock)
Menochius
They represented the 12 tribes, (Kennicott) and were chiefs. (Menochius)
Calmet
It is wonderful that Esdras is not here mentioned, as well as Nehemias, who led a company after him, many of whom are here recorded. (Calmet)
Tirinus
They might come to take care of their patrimony, and return into Chaldea, like Mardochai, (Tirinus.; though it does not seem to be Esther's uncle, Du Hamel) and Nehemias, who is styled also Athersatha, ver. 63. (Tirinus)
Haydock
Baana. 3 Esdras adds, "their leaders." (Haydock)
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Calmet
Children. When this term precedes the name of a man, it means his offspring; (ver. 3, 20.) when placed before a city, it denotes the inhabitants, ver. 21, 35. (Calmet)
Menochius
The lay Israelites are placed here; then the Levitical tribe; (ver. 36.) the Nathineans, etc., ver. 43. It is very difficult to decide when the names designate places, and when persons. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Seven. 2 Esdras, only 652. These arrived at Jerusalem; the rest altered their mind. (Junius) (Calmet)
Haydock
But 3 Esdras has 756: so that there is most probably a mistake somewhere. (Haydock)
2:6
Calmet
Moab. This seems to be the name of a place, where the descendants of Josue and Joab might reside; (chap. 8:4.; Calmet) or Phahath might have this title, on account of some victory, or residence in the country. His descendants, with those of Josue and Joab, were 2812, (Tirinus) or 2818, 2 Esdras 7:11. (Calmet)
Haydock
Josue. Protestants, "Jeshua and Joab." (Haydock)
Du Hamel
Some translate Pahath, "the chief of" Moab, etc. (Du Hamel)
Grotius suspects that to ver. 68 may be inserted from Nehemias.
2:13
Six. Other 60 returned afterwards with Esdras. (Haydock) (Chap. 8:13.)
2:16
Haydock
Ather. 3 Esdras, Ator-Ezekios, 92: but 2 Esdras has Ater, children of Hezecias, 98. (Haydock)
2:17
Haydock
Besai. We should perhaps read Hasum, (ver. 19.; Calmet) then Besai, and afterwards Jora, who may be the same with Hareph, 2 Esdras 7:24. (Haydock)
2:20
Haydock
Gebbar. 2 Esdras, Gabaon. 3 Esdras, "Baitereus, 3005." (Haydock)
2:22
Calmet
Six. 2 Esdras puts the inhabitants of those two cities together, and makes 188, instead of the present calculation 179. (Calmet)
Du Hamel
Netupha was in Ephraim. (Du Hamel)
2:29
Haydock
Nebo. 2 Esdras 7:33. adds, "of the other Nebo," as in some Latin copies a first had been mentioned, (ver. 30.) where we have Geba, (Calmet) here written Gabaa, ver. 26. (Haydock)
Haydock
Nebo belonged to some of the other tribes, as well as Phahath-Moab; which shews that some of the people returned, (Calmet) and are particularized, as well as the men of the three tribes of Juda, Benjamin, and Levi. (Haydock)
2:30
Haydock
Megbis. 3 Esdras, "Niphis;" (Calmet) or, according to the Alexandrian Manuscript, "Phineis." (Haydock)
The verse is omitted [in] 2 Esdras. But Megphias occurs below, 1 Esdras 10:20. Megabyse is a Persian name. (Herodotus 3:20., and 160.)
2:31
Calmet
Other Elam. The first is mentioned (ver. 7.) with exactly the same number. Is not this verse redundant? (Calmet)
Tirinus
Who would not be astonished? (Tirinus)
Haydock
3 Esdras omits this and the following name. (Haydock)
2:33
Calmet
Hadid. These cities were in the tribe of Benjamin. (Calmet)
2:36
Josue, the high priest, ver. 2.
2:40
Calmet
Odovia, called Juda, 1 Esdras 3:9. (Calmet)
2:43
Tirinus
Nathinites, "people given" (1 Paralipomenon 9:2.; Haydock) by Josue, David, and Solomon. (Tirinus)
2:55
Menochius
Servants, proselytes, 1 Paralipomenon 22:2. (Menochius)
2:57
Pocereth-Hatsebaim, in Hebrew (Calmet) or "of Zebaim." (Protestants)\
2:59
Strabo xii
Thelmela, "the height of Mela, or of salt." The river Melas empties itself into the Euphrates. (Strabo xii.)
The cities here mentioned were in Chaldea. Some of the ten tribes had probably been transported into Cappadocia, where Herodotus (II. 35,) place some circumcised Syrians.
Thelharsa, or Thelassar, 4 Kings 19:12.
Cherub, etc., were cities of Chaldea, (Tirinus) or chief men; but as they had been carried away by Theglathphalassar, they had lost their genealogies, and could only produce circumcision as a proof that they were Israelites.
2:61
Haydock
Their name. The priest, Berzellai, assumed the name of the family, from which he had chosen a wife. (Haydock)
Calmet
It was that of the famous old man, who was so hospitable to David, 2 Kings 19:31. (Calmet)
2:62
Worthington
Priesthood. Those who cannot prove that they are priests, ought not to exercise the functions. (Worthington)
Josephus
The Jews were particularly careful to preserve their genealogical tables, and transcribed them again after any very troublesome times. (Josephus, contra Apion 1, and in his own Life.)
Calmet
The Rabbins falsely assert that only the mother's side was examined, and that the children followed her condition. (Calmet)
2:63
Du Hamel
Athersatha. Protestants' marginal note, "the governor," (Haydock) in the Persian language. (Du Hamel)
Haydock
Nehemias has this title, 2 Esdras 8:9. (Haydock)
Menochius
It means "a cup-bearer." (Calmet) (Menochius)
Haydock
3 Esdras, "And Nehemias, who is also Atharias, said unto them, that they should not partake of the holy things, till a high priest, clothed with manifestation and truth, should arise." (Haydock)
Tirinus
Learned. Hebrew, "with Urim and Thummim." We do not find that God had been consulted, in this manner, since the time of David: and the Jews inform us that the ornament was not used after the captivity, (Calmet) as it had been, perhaps, concealed with the ark, by Jeremias, 2 Machabees 2:4. (Tirinus)
Calmet
Nehemias hoped that it would be soon recovered. In the mean time, he followed the spirit of the law, but with additional rigour, as it permitted such priests to eat consecrated meats, Leviticus 21:22. It seems that this decision is out of its proper place, since Nehemias came 80 years after Zorobabel. (Calmet)
Tirinus
But he might have been present on this occasion, (Haydock) though he returned afterwards to Babylon, where he officiated as cup-bearer to the king. (Tirinus)
2:64
Challoner
Forty-two thousand, etc. Those who are reckoned up above of the tribes of Juda, Benjamin, and Levi, fall short of this number. The rest, who must be taken in to make up the whole sum, were of the other tribes. (Challoner)
Worthington
This explanation is given by R. Solomon. (Worthington)
Haydock
But we have seen that cities belonging to the ten tribes are specified. See ver. 1, and 29. (Haydock)
Haydock
Some might not be able to make out their genealogies, (Calmet) ver. 62. Yet some of these also are counted, ver. 60. (Haydock)
Calmet
The particular sums may therefore be incorrect. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 11:1,) adds 102 to the number. (Calmet)
Calmet
3 Esdras has, "But they were all of Israel from 12 years old and upwards, exclusive of boys and girls, (or male and female servants) 42,300." Grabe has in another character "sixty. The men and women servants of these, 7300." Then the Alexandrian Manuscript continues, "thirty-seven." So that without the addition it would give for the total, 42,337. Some copies (Haydock) have 40. (Calmet)
Du Hamel
But the most correct (Haydock) read 60. (Kennicott) The small number of servants and cattle shew that the people were poor. (Du Hamel)
2:65
Calmet
Servants. Probably strangers. (Calmet)
Haydock
Hundred, comprised in the last number; (Calmet) or they belong to Israel, but were different from those mentioned [in] ver. 41. We find 45 more in 2 and 3 Esdras. (Haydock)
Tournemine
These might be inserted by Nehemias, after they had proved themselves to be of the tribe of Levi. (Tournemine)
Haydock
There were in all 49,942. (Haydock) So much was the power of this kingdom now reduced! Sulp Severus says above 50,000 of every sex and rank could not be found. (Haydock)
2:69
Haydock
Solids. Hebrew darcemonim. (Haydock)
"Darics," worth as much as a golden sicle. (Pelletier) (Calmet) (1 Paralipomenon 29:7.)
Menochius
Pounds, (mnas) or 60 sicles. (Menochius)
3 Esdras has "mnas" in both places.
2:70
Haydock
Some. The laics, mentioned from ver. 2., to 35. (Haydock)
2:64
2:1
This enumeration of the Israelites, which aseended into Ierusalem, signifieth the Elect which ascend from the militant Chuch to the triumphant.
2:62
Such as say they are priestes and can not shew their vocatiō, must not exercise, that functon... Al aboue numbred of the tribes of Iuda, Beniamin, & Leui, do not amoūt to 30. thousand three hundred. So in this general number are contained aboue twelue thousand of other tribes, not recited among the rest. as Rabbi Salomoa explicateth the difficultie.
2:1
1. Now these are the children of the province, — that is to say, These are the Jews, who born or brought up in the province of Babylon, migrated from it back to the ancient seat of their fathers, namely to Jerusalem. For they are called children of the Province who were born in it from foreigners, or who dwelt in it for a long time after being brought up. For this phrase signifies nativity or residence, says Vatablus. Whence others understand by children the inhabitants. Thus they are called "children of Sion, children of the East, children of Jerusalem, etc., children," that is "inhabitants." Moreover the Province is understood to be Babylon, then powerful and ruling, just as by the City now all understand Rome: although Bede understands by the Province here Judea; for to this, he says, the Jews returning from Babylon belonged to it, as children of the Church. And they returned to Jerusalem, — yet so that they remained under Cyrus and the Persians as servants under masters, and tributaries, as is clear from chapter IV, 13, and from book II of Esdras VI, 36. Whence the kings of the Persians appointed princes for them, as Zerubbabel here in verse 2, and in chapter V, verse 14, and Esdras, and Nehemiah, chapter VII, verse 14, and book II, chapter V, verse 14.
2:2
2. Those who came with Zerubbabel, — under the leadership of Joshua the High Priest, who was called by another name "Jesus son of Josedec," as is evident from Zechariah I. Mordecai. — Many believe this to be Mordecai the uncle of Esther, who returned to Judaea in order to recover his ancestral possessions, and then returned to Persia, where he intended to establish his seat. The number of the men of the people of Israel, — Namely those returning from Babylon to Jerusalem, is the one which I set forth below. Israel here is put for Judah and Benjamin, for only the Jews and Benjaminites returning are numbered here. Elsewhere, when Israel is opposed to Judah, it signifies the ten tribes, which making schism from Judah and Benjamin, created for themselves a king, Jeroboam; for when these were carried away into Assyria, and there completely dispersed and as it were destroyed, the name and glory of Israel returned and remained in Judah; for this was the most noble, indeed the royal, of the twelve tribes. Thus it is said in Psalm CXIII, 2: "Judah was made his sanctification: Israel his power." "Israel," that is "Judah," for in the Psalms the latter hemistich frequently explains and confirms the former, as when it is said: "O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me." And in Isaiah XLVIII: "Hear," he says, "O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth from the waters of Judah," that is, you who are propagated from the fountain and stock of Judah.
2:6
6. The sons of Pahath-Moab (this is the proper name of a man. Vatablus translates it, sons of the Duke (for the Chaldean pathat means duke) of Moab. Thus he was named, because he obtained some victory in Moab, or accomplished something glorious.) Of the sons of Jeshua, Joab, — that is to say, These sons of Pahath-Moab, descended and sprung from the sons of Jeshua and Joab (for these two were celebrated and most beloved men in that age) were 2812. Whence Vatablus translates, sons of the Duke of Moab from the sons of Jeshua and Joab 2812.
2:20
20. The sons of Gebbar ninety-five, — thus it should be read with the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the Romans. Therefore some read it wrongly, nine hundred.
2:21
21. The sons of Bethlehem one hundred twenty-three. — Sons, that is citizens and inhabitants, as I said in verse 1, or sprung from the citizens and inhabitants of Bethlehem. For up to this point he distinguished the heads by fathers of families; thereafter, however, up to verse 31, he distinguishes by cities, perhaps because the fathers were unknown or obscure. You will say: The Jews had already been in Babylon for 70 years, whence most of those who had been carried away from Bethlehem and other cities were already dead, and their sons were born in Babylon, etc. I answer that this is so, but nevertheless they are called the sons of Bethlehem; because they were sprung from the Bethlehemites who came from Bethlehem. Or certainly the Jews in Babylon, distributed into their own villages and hamlets, gave them the names of Bethlehem and other cities of Judaea, so that they might console themselves in exile with the memory of their homeland, as now the Spanish in Peru and Mexico give to their cities the names of cities of Spain; as Granada, Cordova, Valladolid, etc. are called. In a similar manner Helenus, son of Priam, when Troy was destroyed, fleeing and founding a new city, named it Troy. Hear Virgil, book III of the Aeneid: I proceed, and recognize a small Troy and a Pergama simulating the great, and a dried-up river bearing the name of Xanthus, and I embrace the gates of the Scaean gate. Thus Sanchez.
2:31
31. The sons of Elam. — This Elam is different from that in verse 7; but it is remarkable that both numbered equal sons and grandsons, namely 1254.
2:36
36. The priests (Up to this point he has enumerated the laity from the tribe of Judah and Benjamin, now he enumerates the priests, and in verse 40, the Levites, and in verse 43, the Nethinim, the servants of the temple. He says therefore:) The priests: the sons of Jedaiah in the house of Jeshua, — that is, those who were of the house and family of Jeshua, namely the sons and grandsons of Jesus son of Josedec the High Priest, were numbered 973; for Jedaiah was from the descendants of Jesus and Josedec, as is evident from I Paralipomenon IX, 10.
2:43
43. The Nethinim, — that is, the given ones, namely to the service of the temple by Joshua; for these were the Gibeonites (and therefore Canaanites, not Jews) who on account of their fraud were condemned to this work. See what is said in Joshua IX.
2:58
58. All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon; — as Joshua gave the Gibeonites to the temple, so Solomon gave other captives taken in war or proselytes to the temple. These are called "servants of Solomon:" whence many of them were assigned by him to the building of the temple, II Paralipomenon II, 17.
2:59
59. Those who came up from Telmela, Telharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. — These are the names of cities of Chaldaea, from which these emigrated to Judaea. These were not able to prove themselves to be sprung from the Jews, as follows:
2:61
61. The sons of Berzellai, who (Berzellai) took a wife from the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite (a priest), and was called by their name, (namely of the priests.) — that is to say, This Berzellai took a wife, the daughter of Berzellai the priest, and through her was called a priest, that is, sprung from the priestly race; but since he could not prove this from the public genealogical books, both he and his sons were rejected from the priesthood, until God should be consulted.
2:63
63. And Athersatha said. — This is Nehemias, say Lyran, Cajetan and Vatablus, and this is clear from Nehemias VII, 64, where the same thing is narrated as here. Whence it appears that this history happened later under Nehemias, and Nehemias VIII, 9, where it is said: "And Nehemias said (he is Athersatha,) that is the king's cupbearer;" thus called by the Chaldeans from the Chaldean word tersa, that is he drank, and scata, that is he drank, as if to say nourishing the king with drink, that is the king's cupbearer: here Nehemias speaks of himself in the third person, just as in chapter XII, 26; but in the book of Nehemias, he always speaks of himself in the first person. Whence some thought that there was another Nehemias, who was the companion of Esdras, different from Nehemias, who is introduced in the second book of Esdras, and is its author. Concerning Athersatha again I shall speak at Nehemias VIII, 9. That they should not eat of the Holy (food) of the Holies, that is of the victims sanctified to God, that is offered and sacrificed, that is that they should not eat of the sacrifices offered for sin, or the right arm from the victims of peace: for these fell to the priests alone; such as these could not prove themselves to be. Until there should arise a priest learned and perfect. — In Hebrew, a priest with Urim and Thummim, as if to say, Until some high priest, clothed in Pontifical vestments, in which were Urim and Thummim, consulting God, should be perfectly taught by him whether these were of the priestly race or not. It is therefore a metonymy. Note: "Urim and Thummim" were inscribed or woven into the Rational of the Pontiff. "Urim" in Hebrew signifies illuminations; "Thummim," perfections: because the high priest, clothed in Pontifical vestments, is perfectly illuminated by God concerning those things about which he consulted him, as is clear from Numbers XXVII, 21. Allegorically Christ the Pontiff was signified, through whom light and truth came to be, John I. Tropologically through these two the Pontiff was then admonished, and the people, to strive for the truth of doctrine, and the perfection of life: and through these two anagogically to aspire to the light of glory, and perfect fruition and love of God.
2:64
64. All the multitude as one 42360. — This is the sum of those who returned with Jesus and Zorobabel into Judea, which however you will not find, if you compute individually the numbers of the individual families assigned here by addition: for you will find only 29818; wherefore in order that you may complete the sum placed here, there must be added 12542: which those make up, who from the ten tribes with the tribe of Juda and Benjamin returned to Jerusalem; but these are not enumerated here. Moreover these same ones in almost the same manner, except for a few, are numbered at Nehemias VII, 6 and following.
2:65
65. And among them singers both male and female two hundred. — "Singers" were employed in the temple for singing the Psalms, "singers female" for lay songs, for example for singing at funerals, weddings, banquets, etc.; it is signified that the return of the Hebrews from Babylon was very extensive, so that they sang and rejoiced with great joy; according to the oracle of Isaiah LXVI: "I will bring all your brethren out of all nations, a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and in carriages to the holy mount Jerusalem." And Psalm CXXV: "When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted" (in Hebrew as dreamers, that is so exulting, that we seemed to dream the return, not truly to return to our native land.) "Then was our mouth filled with gladness, and our tongue with exultation."
2:66
66. Their horses 736, — Thus the Hebrew and the Romans. Therefore some read badly, six hundred.
2:68
68. When they entered the temple of the Lord. — The temple had already been burned by the Chaldeans. The temple therefore is here called the place in which the temple had stood, because it was sacred, and destined by God for sacrifices and divine worship. Whence the Jews soon erected an altar in it, and sacrificed in it, as is clear from Jeremiah XLI, verse 5; Baruch I, 10.
2:69
69. Gold sixty thousand solids and one thousand, — that is sixty and one thousand: thus the Hebrew and the Romans read. Others, for "sixty thousand," read: "forty thousand;" for so many are named at Nehemias VII, 5. Concerning which more there. This diversity appears to have arisen from the transposition of ciphers obvious and easy: for LX are 60; but XL are 40. See Francis Lucas discussing this matter at length in Notes 79.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
2:1
… the 7th year of Artaxerxes, and the religious restoration (Ezra 7-10); the rebuilding of the city walls by Nehemiah amid much opposition (Neh. 1-6) and the political and religious organization of the Jewish community (Neh. 7-13). Various catalogues (Ezra 2:1-70; 8:1-20; 10:18-44; Neh. 3:1-31; 7:6-69; 10:1-27; 11:4-12:25) list the families that returned, the rebuilders of the walls, and the signatories of the renewed covenant.
2:2
In setting out on the long desert road for the return to their homeland, the exiles regarded themselves as "the true people of Yahweh," "the remnant" or "holy seed" that Yahweh had reserved for himself (Ezra 2:2b; 9:8; Hag. 1:12). They thought that the promises of prosperity which fill the 2nd part of Is. and Ez. 34:25-31; 35; 36; 47 were being realized in them; these are the chapters …
2:6
Joab (HEB. JÔ'ÂBH "YAHWEH IS FATHER")
Another J. was famous for a progeny of craftsmen (I Chron. 4, 14). Of another J. the descendants were among those returning from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2, 6).
2:12
Antiphonal chant was already in use among the Jews (Ezra 2, 12, 30) and among the pagans, as is shown for the Indians by the Regeada, for the Greeks by the hymn in honor of Apollo of Delphi, and for the Romans by the versus fescennini. …
2:16
2. Name of various Jews who lived after the exile (I Chron. 3:23; Neh. 7:2; 10:18; in the Heb. form Jēḥizqijjāh: I Chron. 28:12; Ezra 2:16. Giovanni Rinaldi
2:20
… To the north, after Anathoth, Ramah, and the four cities of the Gibeonite confederation, namely Gibeon (el-Ĝib), Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah (Kefīrah), Beeroth, they reached Bethel (Bejūn) with nearby Ai (Ezra 2:20-25).
2:21
… Later it is mentioned among the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11, 6), among the localities that after the exile saw the remnants of their children return (Ezra 2, 21 = Neh. 7, 26).
2:25
Cariathiarim (Hebrew Qirjāth Jā 'Ārīm)
… The prophet Uriah, a contemporary of Jeremiah, was from C. (Jer. 26, 20). The Jews returning from exile repopulated it (Ezra 2, 25; Neh. 7, 29). Eusebius (Onomasticon, ed. E. Klostermann, Leipzig 1904, p. 114, 23-27) identifies it with a locality 9 miles from Jerusalem, toward Lydda, corresponding to present-day …
2:26
… Certain of being the "remnant" or "holy seed" that Jahweh had reserved for himself (Ezra 2, 26; 9, 8.13 ff.), those who undertook the long desert road for the return to their homeland (537 B.C.) thought that they would be realized in them integrally; the difficulties encountered …
Rama (Heb. Hā-Rāmāh = "The Height")
… the south of the Kingdom of Israel and fortified by King Baasha (1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chron. 15:1-6). After the fall of Jerusalem it became a collection center for prisoners deported to Babylon (Jer. 41:1). Repopulated after the exile by the Benjaminites (Ezra 2:26; Neh. 11:33), it was nothing but a parvus siculus in the time of St. Jerome (PL 25, 1354). The indication of Eusebius (Onom., 144, 14), 6 miles north of Aelia, corresponds to the present-day …
2:27
Machmas (Hebrew Mikmās and Mikmās; Greek Μαϊζᾶζ; Arabic Muḥmās)
… Arabic Muḥmās). - A village 13 km north of Jerusalem, famous for the valorous deeds of Jonathan (v.), son of Saul, against the Philistines who had come to fight Israel (1 Sam. 13:5-7, 15 ff.; 14:1-23). After the exile it was repopulated with Benjamites (Ezra 2:27; Neh. 7:31).
2:33
… After the exile it was repopulated by the Benjaminites (Ezra 2, 33; Neh. 7, 37; 11, 35), but it acquired importance only in the Hellenistic period, when it became the capital of a toparchy (Antiq. …
2:34
Jericho (Hebrew Yērīkō, Arabic Eriha)
… Kings 2, 1-22). After the population had been deported and the city plundered at the time of the Assyrian invasion (II Kings 25, 5; Jer. 39, 5; 52, 8), it prospered again after the exile and its inhabitants contributed to the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 2, 34; Neh. 7, 35).
2:36
3. The Vulgate also renders the Heb. name Jedhājāh ("Yahweh knows") as I. or Jedaiah or Jedaiah, borne by many priests: one entrusted with the second turn of service in the Temple (I Chron. 9:10; 24:7); various from the time of Nehemiah and of the exile (Ezra 2:36; Neh. 7:39; 11:10; 12:6; 79:21); one at the time of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 6:10, 14).
Levites (Heb. Lēwī, pl. Lēwījīm; Gr. Lēwījī, pl. -ai)
… comparison with the priests of the line of Zadok: alongside this observation must be set that of the small number of Levites who returned to their homeland (ca. 350; Esd. 2:41-42; Neh. 7:45, 56; cf. Esd. 8:15-19) in comparison with the priests (ca. 4,300; Esd. 2:36-39), more ardent in Yahwistic and nationalistic spirit (but they too, like the Levites, were in good number guilty of having contracted mixed marriage: Esd. 9:1; 10:5, 23). The Levites …
2:41
Levites (Heb. Lēwī, pl. Lēwījīm; Gr. Lēwījī, pl. -ai)
… 44:10-11). In Ezekiel's context a tone of reproach toward the Levites is perceptible, in comparison with the priests of the line of Zadok: alongside this observation must be set that of the small number of Levites who returned to their homeland (ca. 350; Esd. 2:41-42; Neh. 7:45, 56; cf. Esd. 8:15-19) in comparison with the priests (ca. 4,300; Esd. 2:36-39), more ardent in Yahwistic and nationalistic spirit (but they too, like the Levites, were …
2:43
Nathinei (Hebr. Nēthānīm; Septuagint Nēthānīm, rarely Nēthānīm and Nēthānīm; Vulg. Nathinae)
… Nathinae). - Ministers assigned to the most menial services (Ezra 8:20) of the Temple of Jerusalem, mentioned after priests and Levites (1 Chron. 9:2; Ezra 2:43, 70; Neh. 7:46) as a distinct class, though not descended from any particular tribe or lineage. …
2:45
AGABUS ("Ἀγάβος, from the Hebrew hāgābh 'cricket', a name that occurs in Ezra 2:45 and Neh. 7:48 and in the Lachish ostraca). - A prophet of the Church of Jerusalem, who appears in two episodes connected with the ministry of St. Paul. …
… directly on David (ibid. 25:5-6). The particular instrument assigned to A. and his group was the cymbal (mēṣiltajjīm, ibid. 15:19; 16:5; cf. 25:1). The descendants of A. are remembered as the continuers of their father's work (II Chron. 20:14; 29:13; 35:15; Ezra 2:45 among those returning from exile; 3:10; Neh. 7:45; 11:17, 22).
2:49
This name was also borne by: a descendant of the patriarch Benjamin (I Chron. 8:7); a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:49; Neh. 7:51); a Levite of the stock of Merari (I Chron. 6:14: Heb. 'Uzzāh).
2:53
2. One of the Nethinim (v.) who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:53).
2:58
Nathinei (Hebr. Nēthānīm; Septuagint Nēthānīm, rarely Nēthānīm and Nēthānīm; Vulg. Nathinae)
… They are placed alongside, by similarity of function, the "servants of Solomon" (Ezra 2:58; Neh. 7:60), descendants of the Canaanites, subjected by that King to servile labor (1 Kings 9:20-21).
2:59
It finds an analogy in biblical toponymy (Tell Melah "hill of salt," and Tell Harlā' "hill of the plow": Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61). However, some Assyriologists (H. Winckler, Frd. Delitzsch) discern in it an Akkadian designation (Til abūbi "hill of the flood") with reference to land-reclamation …
2:61
… 19:31-39). His descendants shared the fortunes of the people of Israel (I Kings 2:7). In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah some of them, being unable to prove their belonging to the priestly class, were deprived of the office they had exercised until then (Ezra 2:61; Neh. 7:63). A B., a native of Molathi (Mebalah), was the father of Michal's husband, Hadriel (II Sam. 21:8). Angelo Penna
… priests there was required, besides legitimacy of birth, descent from Aaron in an uninterrupted direct line, to be demonstrated by genealogical tables; being unable to produce these, various families were excluded from the priesthood after the exile (Esd. 2:61-63 = Neh. 7:63-65); Flavius Josephus, on the other hand, could exhibit his priestly genealogy (Vita, 1).
2:63
… For the use of the 'ūrim and tummim in a later period: Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65.
… critical text; 23:9; 30:7). Their use, attested several times in the time of Saul and David, disappears afterward, perhaps supplanted by prophetism; in the time of Ezra there is only the hope that God will raise up a priest who knows how to use them (Ezra 2:63). How the responses were obtained by means of the 'ä. and t. is stated only in I Sam. 14:41, Septuagint (a doubtful text, which is missing from the Masoretic text). …
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.