Ezra 2:62 Commentary - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The Jews were generally very exact and careful in their genealogies, partly from their own choice and interest, that they might preserve the distinctions of the several tribes and families, which was necessary both to make out their claims or titles to offices or inheritances, which might belong to them by death, or otherwise, as here we see, and to govern themselves thereby in the matter of marriages, and some other things wherein the practice of some laws required the knowledge of these things; and partly by the special providence of God, that so it might be certainly known of what tribe and family the Messiah was born. For as they took care of all their families, so doubtless they took a more punctual and singular care about the royal family, upon which all their hopes depended.
Consult other comments:
Ezra 2:62 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ezra 2:62 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Ezra 2:62 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ezra 2:62 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ezra 2:62 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Ezra 2:62 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Ezra 2:62 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Ezra 2:62 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezra 2:62 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole (1624–1679) wrote English Annotations on the Holy Bible, completing the chapters as far as Isaiah 58 before his death in 1679. The rest of the Annotations were completed by friends and colleagues among his Nonconformist brethren. The first printing of the completed edition was in 1685, 2 volumes folio, followed by editions in 1688, 1696 (with valuable chapter outlines added by the editors, Samuel Clark and Edward Veale), and the 4th and definitive edition in 1700, the basis of all others.