Ezra 8:1

Family Heads Who Returned With Ezra

1 These were the heads of their {families} and the register of those returnees from Babylonia who [came up] with me in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Ezra 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:1

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
genealogy of them
Which follows from hence to the end of ( Ezra 8:14 ) ,

that went up with me from Babylon;
with Ezra the priest and scribe, the writer of this book:

in the reign of Artaxerxes the king;
that is, Darius Hystaspis, in the seventh year of his reign, see ( Ezra 7:1 Ezra 7:7 ) , though many think Artaxerxes Longimanus is meant.

Ezra 8:1 In-Context

1 These were the heads of their {families} and the register of those returnees from Babylonia who [came up] with me in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2 From the descendants of Phinehas: Gershom. From the descendants of Ithamar: Daniel. From the descendants of David: Hattush.

3 From the descendants of Shecaniah, from the descendants of Parosh: Zechariah and with him one hundred and fifty registered males.

4 From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and with him two hundred males.

5 From the descendants of [Zattu]: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "fathers"