Ezra 8:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 8:2

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.

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Definitions of words in Ezra 8:2:

Daniel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Daniel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Daniel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

David {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
David {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
David {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gershom {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gershom {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Gershom {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ithamar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ithamar {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Ithamar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Of {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Phinehas {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Phinehas {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Phinehas {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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