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New Life Version

Ezra 2:21

123 sons of Bethlehem,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addus;   Ammidioi;   Eneneus;   Ezra, Book of;   Kilan;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Ozias;   Priests and Levites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethlehem;   Beth-Lehemite;   Beth-Lomon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beth-Lehem-Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Bethlehem’s people 123
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Beit-Lechem, one hundred twenty-three.
King James Version
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
English Standard Version
The sons of Bethlehem, 123.
New Century Version
These are the people from the towns: of Bethlehem—123;
New English Translation
The men of Bethlehem: 123;
Amplified Bible
the men of Bethlehem, 123;
New American Standard Bible
the men of Bethlehem, 123;
World English Bible
The children of Beth-lehem, one hundred twenty-three.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Beth-lehem, an hundreth and three and twentie:
Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Bethlehem, 123;
Berean Standard Bible
the men of Bethlehem, 123;
Contemporary English Version
Here is how many people returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 123 from Bethlehem; 56 from Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 223 from Bethel and Ai; 52 from Nebo; 156 from Magbish; 1,254 from the other Elam; 320 from Harim; 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono; 345 from Jericho; and 3,630 from Senaah.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The children of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty-three.
Easy-to-Read Version
from the town of Bethlehem 123
George Lamsa Translation
The people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
the people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;
Literal Translation
The sons of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty three.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the children off Bethleem, an hundreth and thre and twentye:
American Standard Version
The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
Bible in Basic English
The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie and three.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
King James Version (1611)
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twentie and three.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The children of Bethlaem, a hundred and twenty-three.
English Revised Version
The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sones of Bethleem weren an hundrid and eiyte and twenti;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
New King James Version
the people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;
New Living Translation
The people of Bethlehem 123
New Revised Standard
Of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty-three;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty-three.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Beth-Lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the men of Bethlehem, 123;

Contextual Overview

1 These are the people who left the land of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. Their families had been taken away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon. 2 These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of Israel: 3 2,172 sons of Parosh, 4 372 sons of Shephatiah, 5 775 sons of Arah, 6 2,812 sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 7 1,254 sons of Elam, 8 945 sons of Zattu, 9 760 sons of Zaccai, 10 642 sons of Bani,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethlehem: 1 Chronicles 2:50-52

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:42 - the father of Hebron Ezra 2:3 - children Nehemiah 7:26 - Bethlehem

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
When the sun was going down, Abram went into a sleep as if he were dead. And much fear and darkness came upon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the bottle of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away. But no one saw it, or knew it, and no one woke, for they were all sleeping. A deep sleep from the Lord had come upon them.
Job 4:13
With troubled thoughts from the dreams of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men,
Job 33:15
In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
Proverbs 19:15
Being lazy makes one go into a deep sleep, and a lazy man will suffer from being hungry.
Daniel 8:18
While he was talking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. The children of Beth-lehem — The inhabitants: see before.


 
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