Ezra 8:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 8:1

Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra

1 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2 of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, ^aHattush;

3 of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of ^aParosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males;

4 of the sons of ^aPahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;

5 of¹ the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;

6 of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;

7 of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

8 of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;

9 of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;

10 of¹ the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;

11 of the sons of ^aBebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;

12 of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;

13 of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;

14 also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Servants for the Temple

15 Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the ^asons of Levi there.

16 Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and ^aMeshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 8:1

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American Standard Version
Now these are the heads of their fathers' `houses', and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

Amplified® Bible
THESE ARE the heads of their fathers' houses and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Contemporary English Version
Artaxerxes was king of Persia when I led the following chiefs of the family groups from Babylonia to Jerusalem:

Darby English Version
And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Good News Bible
This is the list of the heads of the clans who had been in exile in Babylonia and who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem when Artaxerxes was emperor:

King James Version
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

New American Standard Bible
Now these are the heads of their fathers' {households} and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

New International Version
These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

New King James Version
These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now these constitute the heads of their fathers' households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Revised Standard Version
These are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Ar-ta-xerx'es the king:

Young's Literal Translation
And these `are' heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon.

New English Translation
These are the leaders¹ and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

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