The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

EZRA 2:60KJV
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Ezra 2:60 (KJV)

What does Ezra 2:60 mean?

Ezra 2:60 lists three family groups—descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—and states that there were 652 people from these families. This verse is part of a census recording the families who returned from exile to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.

Ezra is recounting the names and numbers of people who came back to Judah under the leadership of Zerubbabel. The verse is part of a detailed register, showing the careful documentation of those who could trace their ancestry and belonged to the returning community. The mention of these specific family names highlights the importance of lineage and identity for the people reestablishing themselves in their ancestral land.

Where else these words appear

“Nekoda” Hebrew H5353 · used in 4 verses

  • Ezra 2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
  • Nehemiah 7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
  • Nehemiah 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

“Delaiah” Hebrew H1806 · used in 7 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
  • Nehemiah 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
  • Jeremiah 36:12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

“Tobiah” Hebrew H2900 · used in 17 verses

  • 2 Chronicles 17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
  • Nehemiah 6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein;(though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
  • Nehemiah 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

“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.