Ezra 2:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 2:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 2:28 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 2:28 — KJV
“The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.”
— Ezra 2:28 (KJV)
Ezra 2:28 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 2:28
“The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 2:28: men, bethel, hundred
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with Ezra 2:28: men, hundred, twenty
“And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 2:28: two, hundred, twenty
“Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 2:28: men, bethel, two
“And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 2:28: men, two, hundred
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