Ezra 2:59
“And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy,.... To find their names written and registered…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, were probably cities, or villages, of Babylonia, at which the Jews here…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezra 2:36-63
Here is an account, I. Of the priests that returned, and they were a considerable number, about a tenth part of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Israelites and Priests of uncertain genealogy
59. Tel-melah, Tel-harsa R.V., Tel-melah, Tel-harsha i.e. Salthill and…