Ezra 2:28
The men of Beth-el and 'Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
In Context
27The men of Michmass, one hundred twenty and two.
29The people of Nebo, fifty and two.
Cross References
Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to 'Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said unto them, thus, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out 'Ai.
Joshua 8:17And there was not a man left in 'Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Zechariah 7:2When they had sent unto Beth-el Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to make entreaty before the Lord.
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 →