Ezra 8:1-14

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:

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.

6 From the descendants of Adin: Ebed son of Jehonathan, and with him fifty males.

7 From the descendants of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

8 From the descendants of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

9 From the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

10 From the descendants of [Bani]: Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males.

11 From the descendants of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

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.

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.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "fathers"
• [b] Or "sons"
• [c] Or "sons"
• [d] Or "sons"
• [e] Or "sons"
• [f] Or "sons"
• [g] Or "sons"
• [h] Or "sons"
• [i] Commentators and translators agree that there is a name missing from the Masoretic text. Zattu has been restored from the LXX
• [j] Or "sons"
• [k] Or "sons"
• [l] Or "sons"
• [m] Or "sons"
• [n] Or "sons"
• [o] Commentators and translators agree that there is a name missing from the Masoretic text. Bani has been restored from the LXX
• [p] Or "sons"
• [q] Or "sons"
• [r] Or "sons"
• [s] Or "sons"
• [t] Or "and Zabud"