Ezra 2:30
The sons of Magbish, a hundred fifty-six.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
In Context
29The sons of Nebo, fifty-two.
31The sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:2-36
The Return of the Captives. ( b. c. 536.) 1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy… Read the whole commentary →