Ezra 2:21

2:21 The men ¹  of Bethlehem: ²  123;

Ezra 8:3

8:3 the son of Shecaniah; ³ 

from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy 150 men;

[2:21]  ¹ tc The translation follows the suggestion in BHS and reads אַנְשֵׁי (’anshe, “the men of”) here rather than the reading בְּנֵי (bÿne, “the sons of”) found in the MT. So also in vv. 25, 26, 33, 34.

[2:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[8:3]  ³ tc The MT reads here “from the sons of Shecaniah” with no descendant identified in what follows, contrary to the pattern of the context elsewhere. However, it seems better to understand the first phrase of v. 3 with the end of v. 2; the phrase would then modify the name “Hattush.” This understanding requires emending the reading מִבְּנֵי (mibbÿne, “from the sons of”) in the MT to בֵּן (ben,“[the] son of”). Cf. NAB, TEV, CEV, NLT.