11And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
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Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-20)Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa. 11:12. “Whoever of the sons of Sion, that swell with the daughters of Babylon , is disposed to go to Jerusalem, now that the temple there is finished and the temple-service set a-going, now is their time.” Now one would think…
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