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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:3

Ezr 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. Ver. 3. The children of Parosh ] Question is here made by some, whether this and other like chapters, that are nothing but names and numbers, should be read in course, since they may seem to be of no great use to us? To this Chrysostom answereth, In sacris libris nihil contemnatur aut obiter praetereatur, etiamsi nomina recenseantur, that is, let no part of the Holy Scripture be slighted or skipped over, no, though we... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:43

Ezr 2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Ver. 43. The Nethinims ] i.e. Deodati, men given to God, devoted to the service of his house. These were those Gibeonites that, having saved their lives by a lie, were made drawers of water to the temple for a punishment. God made this cross a mercy: for the nearer they were to the Church the nearer to God. Their employment was to minister to the Levites, as the Levites did to the priests, Joshua... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:55

Ezr 2:55 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, Ver. 55. The children of Solomon’s servants] These also were strangers, that had been employed by Solomon, and becoming proselytes, were incorporated into the commonwealth of Israel. God is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34 . He takes where he likes; strangers shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, when the children of the kingdom shall be cast out, Matthew 8:11-12 ;... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:59

Ezr 2:59 And these [were] they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they [were] of Israel: Ver. 59. And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, &c. ] Places in Chaldaea where these Jews were scattered; as at this day their posterity are up and down in Turkey, and some parts of Christendom, a dejected and despised people. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:61

Ezr 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: Ver. 61. And was called after their name ] After the name of his wife’s father, that noble Gileadite; as holding it a greater honour to be allied to Barzillai than to be looked upon as a priest. It was therefore just upon such proud and insolent people, that as they had once scorned... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:62

Ezr 2:62 These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Ver. 62. But they were not found ] They could not prove themselves to be of the seed of Aaron; and were therefore worthily turned off. So shall all be at the last day that are not written among the living in Jerusalem, that are not registered in the Lamb’s book of life, that have been ashamed of Christ and of his words, Mark... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:63

Ezr 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Ver. 63. And the Tirshatha said unto them ] i.e. Zerubbabel, the chief magistrate, a man of great power and no less courage, who would not be guilty of passive injustice. That they should not eat of the most holy things ] Make a gain of the priesthood, which they had slighted when nothing was to be obtained by it. Now they should neither do the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:64

Ezr 2:64 The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred [and] threescore, Ver. 64. Forty and two thousand ] Ten or twelve thousand whereof seem to be of the ten tribes that were first carried captive, and, together with Judah and Benjamin, made up that Dωδεκαφυλον St Paul speaketh of, Acts 26:7 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:65

Ezr 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and [there were] among them two hundred singing men and singing women. Ver. 65. Beside their servants, &c. ] Their masters’ necessary instruments, και ολως εκεινων , saith Aristotle, and wholly at their command. See Proverbs 12:9 . Two hundred singing men and singing women. ] That sang at feasts and funerals. See Ecclesiastes 2:8 . These perhaps might have been as well... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:68

Ezr 2:68 And [some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which [is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: Ver. 68. And some of the chief ] And but some. All were not alike enlarged or enabled. read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:43

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:55

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:59

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:61

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:62

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:63

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:64

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:65

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezra 2:68

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