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Ezra 2:9 Cross-References
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“The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.”
Ezra 2:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezra 2:9
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. The family of Zaccai (זַכַּי) bears a name meaning 'pure' or 'innocent,' derived from the root zakah (זָכָה), which signifies moral purity, legal innocence, or ritual cleanness. This name takes on profound significance in post-exilic context: a family bearing 'purity' as identity returning to restore temple worship centered on purity laws and atonement. Their 760 members embodied the tension between past defilement (exile as judgment for sin) and future purification (restoration and temple rebuilding).The name Zaccai appears related to Zacc...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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