Ezra 8:14

14 From the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai son of Zabud, and with him seventy males.

Ezra 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:14

(See Gill on Ezra 7:3).

Ezra 8:14 In-Context

12 From the descendants of Azgad: Jehohanan son of Haqqatan, and with him one hundred and ten males.

13 From the descendants of Adonikam, those who came last, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

14 From the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai son of Zabud, and with him seventy males.

15 I gathered them by the river that goes to Ahava and we camped there for three days. And I looked at the people and the priests, I found no one there from the sons of Levi.

16 And I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were family heads, and for Jehoiarib and Elnathan who were wise.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"
• [b] Or "and Zabud"