- children:
- The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from "The childrenª of Parosh,ª two thousandª an hundredª seventyª and two.ª ... The childrenª of Bethlehem,ª an hundredª twentyª and three.ª" {Ezr 2:3-21}; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from "The childrenª of Bethlehem,ª an hundredª twentyª and three.ª ... The childrenª of Kirjatharim,ª Chephirah,ª and Beeroth,ª sevenª hundredª and fortyª and three.ª" {Ezr 2:21-25}.
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