Ezra 8:1-14

1 Therefore these be the princes of families (And so these be the leaders of the families), and this is the genealogy of them, that were in the realm of Artaxerxes, the king, and went up with me from Babylon.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush, (the son of Shechaniah);
3 of the sons of Shechaniah and of the sons of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him were numbered an hundred and fifty men; (of the sons of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him were listed a hundred and fifty men;)
4 of the sons of Pahath, Moab, and Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men; (of the sons of Pahathmoab, Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men;)
5 of the sons of (Zattu,) Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred men;
6 of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men;
7 of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men;
8 of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and with him fourscore men;
9 of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men;
10 of the sons of (Bani,) Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and sixty men;
11 of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men;
12 of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten men;
13 of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last (who were the last ones to return), and these be the names of them, Eliphelet, and Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty men;
14 (and) of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy men.

Ezra 8:1-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 8

In this chapter we are told who and how many went up with Ezra to Jerusalem, Ezr 8:1-14, the gathering of them together at a river, from whence he sent to Babylon for Levites to come to him, who did, Ezr 8:15-20, the proclaiming a fast for a safe and prosperous journey, Ezr 8:21-23, the delivery of the vessels and money given him into the hands of priests, to take the care and charge thereof, Ezr 8:24-30, their safe arrival at Jerusalem, where they deposited the gifts in the temple, offered sacrifices to God, and delivered the king's commissions to his lieutenants and governors, Ezr 8:31-36.

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