Ezra 2:28
The men of Bethel and Ai, four hundred and twenty-three.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
In Context
27The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
Cross References
Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men to Ai, which is by Bethel, saying, Spy out Ai: and the men went up and spied Ai.
Joshua 8:17There was no one left in Ai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Zechariah 7:2And Sharezer and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and that to propitiate 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 →