Ezra 2 · Verse 36

Ezra 2:36

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Ezra 2:36, King James Version

Ezra 2:36 in other translations

BSBThe priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
WEBThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
ASVThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
YLTThe Priests: sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
DARBYThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
BBEThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
WebsterThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

What does Ezra 2:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 2:36-39
36-39. The priests--Each of their families was ranged under its prince or head, like those of the other tribes. It will be remembered that the whole body was divided into twenty-four courses, one of which, in rotation, discharged the sacerdotal duties every week, and each division was called after the name of its first prince or chief. It appears from this passage that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the Babylonish captivity; but these four courses were afterwards, as the families increased, divided into twenty-four, which were distinguished by the names of the original courses appointed by David [1Ch 23:6-13]. Hence we find the course of Abijah or Abia (1Ch 24:10) subsisting at the commencement of the Christian era (Lu 1:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 The priests - The preceding list takes in the census of Judah and Benjamin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:36-63
Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezra 2:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַֽכֹּהֲנִ֑יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
בְּנֵ֤יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
יְדַֽעְיָה֙ye.da'.YahJedaiahH3048
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitof [the] house ofH1004
יֵשׁ֔וּעַye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442
תְּשַׁ֥עte.Sha'nineH8672
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃\ \סu.she.lo.Shahand threeH7969

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Cross references for Ezra 2:36

  • Ezra 3:9

    Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:7-18

    Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, …

  • 1 Chronicles 9:10

    And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

  • Nehemiah 7:39

    The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jedaiah.
1Ch 9:10; 24:7
Jeshua.
3:9; Ne 7:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezra 2:35

    The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

  • Ezra 2:36

    The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

  • Ezra 2:37

    The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

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Ezra 2:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los sacerdotes: los hijos de Jedaía, de la casa de Jesuá, novecientos setenta y tres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sacrificateurs: les fils de Jedahia, de la maison de Jéshua, 973;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Priester: die Söhne Jedajas, vom Hause Jeschua, 973;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sacerdotes: filii Jadaia in domo Josue, nongenti septuaginta tres.