Ezra 8:2

2 From the family of Phinehas: Gershom Family of Ithamar: Daniel Family of David: Hattush

Ezra 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:2

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;
Daniel
Not Daniel the prophet, he was of the royal blood, and of the tribe of Judah; this was a priest, a descendant of Ithamar, as Gershom was of Eleazar in the line of Phinehas:

of the sons of David; Hattush;
perhaps the same with him in ( 1 Chronicles 3:22 ) , who was a descendant of David the king; these three men seem to have come alone without any of their families, at least they are not mentioned, nor their numbers given, as the rest that follow be.

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Ezra 8:2 In-Context

1 These are the family heads and those who signed up to go up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
2 From the family of Phinehas: Gershom Family of Ithamar: Daniel Family of David: Hattush
3 Family of Shecaniah Family of Parosh: Zechariah, and with him 150 men signed up
4 Family of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and 200 men
5 Family of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and 300 men
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