The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

EZRA 2:29KJV
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Ezra 2:29 (KJV)

What does Ezra 2:29 mean?

Ezra 2:29 records 52 people connected with Nebo among those who returned from exile in Babylon. “The children of Nebo” identifies a group by its connection to a place, rather than naming each person.

The entry forms part of a list that counts returning groups by family or place. The count gives readers a picture of the people who came back to Judah after living away from their homeland.

The Hebrew behind Ezra 2:29

  • “children” — בֵּן (ben): This word can mean a son or a descendant. In this list, “children of Nebo” identifies people belonging to a group associated with Nebo.

Where else these words appear

“Nebo” Hebrew H5015 · used in 13 verses

  • Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
  • Deuteronomy 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
  • Isaiah 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

“fifty” Hebrew H2572 · used in 141 verses

  • Genesis 6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
  • Numbers 4:30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.