1 Esdras 2 — Church Fathers

Douay-Rheims

2 Paralipomenon

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

2 Esdras

Chapter 2

1 Esdras 2:1-70

A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURN TO JERUSALEM

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1 And these are the children of the province that went up from the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported into Babylon, and returned into Jerusalem and Juda, every man into his city. 3 notes

2 They that came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana: The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 notes

3 The children of Pharos two thousand an hundred seventy two. 3 notes

4 The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy two. 3 notes

5 The children of Area, seven hundred seventy five. 3 notes

6 The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Josue: Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve. 3 notes

7 The children of Ælam a thousand two hundred fifty four. 3 notes

8 The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty five. 3 notes

9 The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty. 3 notes

10 The children of Bani six hundred forty two. 3 notes

11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty three. 3 notes

12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty two. 3 notes

13 The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixty six. 3 notes

14 The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty six. 3 notes

15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty four. 3 notes

16 The children of Ather, which were of Ezechias, ninety eight. 3 notes

17 The children of Besai, three hundred and twenty three. 3 notes

18 The children of Iora, an hundred twelve. 3 notes

19 The children of Hasum, two hundred twenty three. 3 notes

20 The children of Gebbar, ninety five. 3 notes

21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty three. 3 notes

22 The men of Netupha, fifty six. 3 notes

23 The men of Anathoth an hundred twenty eight. 3 notes

24 The children of Azmaveth, forty two. 3 notes

25 The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, & Beroth, seven hundred forty three. 3 notes

26 The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twenty one. 3 notes

27 The men of Machmas, an hundred twenty two. 3 notes

28 The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty three. 3 notes

29 The children of Nebo, fifty two. 3 notes

30 The children of Megbis, an hundred fifty six. 3 notes

31 The children of another Ælam, a thousand two hundred fifty four. 3 notes

32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty. 3 notes

33 The children of Lod Hadid and Ono, seven hundred twenty five. 3 notes

34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty five. 3 notes

35 The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred thirty. 3 notes

36 The Priests: The children of Iadaia in the house of Josue, nine hundred seventy three. 3 notes

37 The children of Emmer, a thousand fifty two. 3 notes

38 The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred forty seven. 3 notes

39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 3 notes

40 The Levites: The children of Josue and Cedmiel, the children of Odovia, seventy four. 3 notes

41 The singing men: The children of Asaph, an hundred twenty eight. 3 notes

42 The children of the Porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: all an hundred thirty nine. 3 notes

43 The Natheneites: The children of Siha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 3 notes

44 The children of Ceros, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon, 3 notes

45 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Accub, 3 notes

46 The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of Hanan, 3 notes

47 The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia, 3 notes

48 The children of Rasin, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazam, 3 notes

49 The children of Aza, the children of Phasea, the children of Besee, 3 notes

50 The children of Asena, the children of Munim, the children of Nephusim, 3 notes

51 The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of Harhur, 3 notes

52 The children of Besluth, the children of Mahida, the children of Harsa, 3 notes

53 The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema, 3 notes

54 The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha, 3 notes

55 The children of the servants of Salomon, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharuda, 3 notes

56 The children of Iala, the children of Dercon, the children of Geddel, 3 notes

57 The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Asebaim, the children of Ami. 3 notes

58 All the Nathinaites, & the children of the servants of Salomon, three hundred ninety two. 3 notes

59 And these are they that came up from Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. And they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seed, whether they were of Israel. 3 notes

60 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty two. 3 notes

61 And of the children of the Priests: The children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name: 3 notes

62 these sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were cast out of the Priesthood. 3 notes

63 And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the Holy of holies, till there rose a Priest learned and perfect. 3 notes

64 All the multitude as it were one man, forty two thousand three hundred sixty: 3 notes

65 beside their men servants, and women servants, which were seven thousand three hundred thirty seven: & among them singing men, & singing women two hundred. 3 notes

66 Their horses seven hundred thirty six, their mules two hundred forty five, 3 notes

67 their camels, four hundred thirty five, their asses six thousand seven hundred twenty. 3 notes

68 And of the Princes of the fathers, when they entered into the temple of our Lord, which is in Jerusalem, they offered voluntarily unto the house of our Lord to build it in his place. 3 notes

69 According to their abilities, they gave the expenses of the work, of gold sixty one thousand solids, of silver five thousand pounds, & garments for the Priests an hundred. 3 notes

70 The Priests therefore and the Levites, and they of the people, and the singing men, and the porters, and the Nathinaites dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 3 notes

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A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURN TO JERUSALEM

BORN IN BABYLON BUT LONGING FOR JERUSALEM.

St. Bede the Venerable (c. 672–735)

Now these were the people of the province who came from those captive exiles. . . . The text calls them children of the province of Judah, and not of Babylon. Indeed, not only those who had migrated from Judah to Babylon belonged to it, but also those who were born in Babylon from their stock. Even though they were bodily born in Babylon, they longed with all their heart for Judah and Jerusalem. And the one who represented them was their distinguished leader Zerubbabel, who showed with his name that he was born in Babylon but demonstrated with his intentions and actions that he was a citizen of Jerusalem.

In a different sense, they are the children of the church, the children of the heavenly homeland, not only those who have been already imbued with the sacraments of the church but also those who have erred among the impious for a long time but have been chosen for life before the centuries by divine election and in time are to be consecrated to the mysteries of divine grace.

On Ezra and Nehemiah 1.2

THE ALLEGORICAL MEANING OF JERUSALEM AND THE TOWNS.

St. Bede the Venerable (c. 672–735)

All to their own towns, because they certainly lived in each of their towns, as they all belonged to Jerusalem and Judah in general. Therefore Jerusalem signifies the universal state of the holy church, which is all over the world. The towns, which belong to Jerusalem, signify each of the virtues of the faithful, in which they are defended from the temptations and attacks of the evil spirits as in a fortress made of different towns.

Finally the towns, in which lived those who had come to Jerusalem and Judah from the exile, may be interpreted as the different churches of Christ, by all of which together the one universal church is formed.

On Ezra and Nehemiah 1.2

THE RESTORATION OF THE SOUL.

Cassiodorus (c. 485-c. 580)

A canticle of David, when the house was built after the captivity.^[1] So far as the literal sense is concerned, the heading points to the time when the temple at Jerusalem is known to have been refurbished by Zerubbabel, son of Salathiel, after it had been leveled to the ground by a hostile band of Chaldeans. But since he says nothing of this kind in what follows, and since the headings of psalms are never at variance with their content, it remains for us to investigate it in the spiritual sense. A destroyed house is built up when a soul following the captivity of sin begins to return to an understanding of the truth through the generosity of the Lord. This house, which is the universal church in which Christ dwells, is always raised up on living stones, because every day it gains increase in building from its confessors and does not cease to be built up until the number of the predestined is attained at the end of the world. We must store this psalm in our minds as the second of those proclaiming the first and the second coming of the Lord.

Explanation of the Psalms 95.1