Ezra 2:1

1 The number that return of the people;

36 of the priests;

40 of the Levites;

43 of the Nethinims;

55 of Solomon's servants;

61 of the priests who could not shew their pedigree.

64 The whole number of them, with their substance.

68 Their oblations.

the children.

5:8; 6:2; Ne 7:6-73; Es 1:1,3,8,11; 8:9; Ac 23:34

whom Nebuchadnezzar.

2Ki 24:14-16; 25:11; 2Ch 36:1-23; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-34; La 1:3,5

La 4:22; Zep 2:7

Nehemiah 7:6

the children.

Ezr 2:1-70; 5:8; 6:2

whom Nebuchadnezzar.

2Ki 24:14-16; 25:11; 2Ch 36:1-23; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-34

Nehemiah 11:3

Now.There is a good deal of difference between this enumeration and that in Chronicles; as this comprehends not only those who came first with Zerubbabel, but also those who came with Ezra and Nehemiah: see on 1 Ch 9:18.

the chief.

7:6; Ezr 2:1

Israel.

7:73; 1Ch 9:1-3; Ezr 2:70

Nethinims.

Ezr 2:43,55

the children.

7:57-60; Ezr 2:55-58

Esther 1:1

1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.

10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.

13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of men's sovereignty.

Ahasuerus.Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on Ezr 6:14.

Ezr 4:6; Da 9:1

from India.

8:9; Isa 18:1; 37:9

an hundred.

Da 6:1

Esther 1:22

into every province.

3:12; 8:9; Da 3:29; 4:1

that every man.Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only to deprive Vashti of her crown.

Eph 5:22-24; 1Ti 2:12; Tit 2:4,5

it should, etc. Heb. one should publish it according to thelanguage of his country.

3:12

according.

Lu 16:8; Ac 2:5-11; 1Co 14:19,20
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