Passage Research
Ezra 2 — Sermon Preparation
The list of exiles who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and Judah under Zerubbabel is recorded, totaling nearly fifty thousand people. Below is a research summary for Ezra 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 70
- verses
- 542 / 214
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Ezra 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֵאָה | mêʼâh | H3967 | 41 | hundred |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shâlôwsh | H7969 | 15 | three, third |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 15 | thousand |
| שֵׁשׁ | shêsh | H8337 | 13 | six, sixth |
| עֶשְׂרִים | ʻesrîym | H6242 | 13 | twenty, twentieth |
| שְׁנַיִם | shᵉnayim | H8147 | 12 | two, twofold |
| חֲמִשִּׁים | chămishshîym | H2572 | 9 | fifty |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“That many returned out of Babylon upon Cyrus's proclamation we were told in the foregoing chapter; we have here a catalogue of the several families that returned, ver. 1. I. The leaders, ver. 2. II. The people, ver. 3-35. III. The priests, Levites, and retainers to the temple, ver. 35-63. IV. The sum total, with an account of their retinue, ver. 64-67. V. Their offerings to the service of the temple, ver. 68-70. The Return of the Captives. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Ezra 2:1–70 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Ezra 2:1
- Jerusalem— Ezra 2:1
- Gibbar— Ezra 2:20
- Bethlehem 1— Ezra 2:21
- Netophah— Ezra 2:22
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