Ezra 2:35

and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator records a post-exilic census of returning exiles, listing clan names and exact population totals for the reestablished community.

The words — בְּנֵי (bene) literally means "descendants" or "sons," and סְנָאָה (Senaah) names the specific family line being counted.

The thread — The same clan appears in Nehemiah 7:38 with a parallel census entry.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept that covenant community restoration depended on verified lineage and precise headcounts rather than individual achievement or theological commentary.

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The Hebrew words

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants of סְנָאָ֔הse.na.'AhSenaah שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthree אֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וְשֵׁ֥שׁve./Sheshand/ six מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃ סu./she.lo.Shimand/ thirty

King James Version

The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

Cross-references

Nehemiah 7:38 and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.