Albert Barnes Commentary Ezra 2:59

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezra 2:59

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezra 2:59

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers` houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:" — Ezra 2:59 (ASV)

Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, were probably cities, or villages, of Babylonia, where the Jews spoken of here had been settled. The first and third have been reasonably identified with the Thelme and Chiripha of Ptolemy. Of the rest, nothing is known at present.