King James Version
What Does Ezra 2:50 Mean?
“The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim , Nephusim: or, Nephishesim”
Context
48
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim , Nephusim: or, Nephishesim
51
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, Bazluth: or, Bazlith
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**14-15. Slay her not in the house of the Lord ... and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there--**The high priest ordered her immediately to be taken out of the temple grounds and put to death. "And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain" (2Ki 11:16). "Now, we are not to suppose that horses came into [the king's house] of residence, but into the king's (horses') house or hippodrome (the gate of the king's mules) [Josephus], he had built for them on the southeast of the temple, in the immediate vicinity of the horse gate in the valley of Kedron--a valley which was at that time a kind of desecrated place by the destruction of idols and their appurtenances" (2Ki 23:2, 6, 12) [Barclay, City of the Great King].
2Ch 23:16. Jehoiada Restores the Worship of God, and Settles the King.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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