1 And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush; 3 of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty. 4 Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males. 9 Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males. 11 And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males. 12 And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males. 13 And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. 14 And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 15 And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. 16 And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding. 17 And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 19 and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; 20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name. 21 And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him. 23 And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us. 24 And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered. 26 And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents; 27 and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah. 30 And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 31 And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites: 34 the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time. 35 The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah. 36 And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
Ezra 8 Darby Translation
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Ariel
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Athaliah
A man named Athaliah, named only as the father of Jeshaiah.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7
Binnui
Daniel
Family head of the descendants of Ithamar who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Ebed
Son of Jonathan and head of the descendants of Adin with 50 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:6
Eleazar
Son of a Phinehas (not further identified) who was with Meremoth when the silver, gold and articles were weighed into the temple.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33
Eliezer
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Eliphelet
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Elnathan
The name Elnathan appears three times in Ezra 8:16 (twice among the leaders, once among the teachers); this is the first.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Elnathan
The second Elnathan listed among the leaders in Ezra 8:16.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Elnathan
The third Elnathan in Ezra 8:16, listed with Joiarib as a teacher.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Gershom
Family head of the descendants of Phinehas who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Hakkatan
Hashabiah
Levite of Merari’s descendants who, with Jeshaiah and 20 brothers and sons, came to Ezra; he was set apart to guard the silver and gold. The name recurs among Levites in Nehemiah.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:19; Ezra 8:24; Nehemiah 10:11
Hattush
Family head from the descendants of David who returned with Ezra.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:2
Iddo
Leader at Casiphia to whom Ezra sent a message asking for ministers for the house of God; he and his kinsmen, the temple servants, supplied them.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:17
Jahaziel
Jarib
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Jehiel
Jeiel
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Johanan
Son of Hakkatan and head of the descendants of Azgad with 110 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:12
Joiarib
One of two teachers, with Elnathan, whom Ezra summoned along with the leaders.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Jonathan
Josiphiah
Jozabad
Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33
Meremoth
Priest into whose hand Ezra’s party weighed the silver and gold and sacred articles at Jerusalem; he also repaired two sections of the wall.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21
Meshullam
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Michael
Nathan
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Noadiah
Levite present at the weighing of the temple silver and gold.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33
Obadiah
Son of Jehiel and head of the descendants of Joab with 218 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:9
Shecaniah
Named in connection with Hattush, a descendant of David, in the list of returning family heads (the verse is read as Hattush of the descendants of Shecaniah).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:3
Shecaniah
Son of Jahaziel and head of the descendants of Zattu with 300 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:5
Shelomith
Son of Josiphiah and head of the descendants of Bani with 160 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:10
Shemaiah
One of three named leaders of the later descendants of Adonikam, with 60 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:13
Shemaiah
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Sherebiah
A man of insight from the line of Mahli son of Levi, brought to Ezra with 18 sons and brothers; he was set apart to guard the silver and gold. A Levite of this name also teaches…
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:24; Nehemiah 8:7
Uthai
Named with Zaccur as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14
Zebadiah
Son of Michael and head of the descendants of Shephatiah with 80 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:8
Zechariah
One of the leaders Ezra summoned and sent to Iddo at Casiphia to find Levites.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:16
Zechariah
Son of Bebai and head of the descendants of Bebai with 28 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:11
Zechariah
Family head of the descendants of Parosh who returned with Ezra with 150 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:3
Zerahiah
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Ezra 7:13; Nehemiah 7:70–71; Ezra 1:5
- 2 1 Chronicles 3:22; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 24:1–6; 1 Chronicles 6:3–15
- 3 Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 10:14; Nehemiah 7:8
- 4 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11; Nehemiah 10:14
- 6 Nehemiah 10:16; Ezra 2:15; Nehemiah 7:20
- 7 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31; Ezra 2:7; Nehemiah 7:34
- 8 Nehemiah 11:4; Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9
- 9 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11
- 11 Ezra 10:28; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 7:16
- 12 Ezra 2:12; Nehemiah 7:17
- 13 Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18
- 14 Nehemiah 10:12; Ezra 2:14; Nehemiah 7:19
- 15 Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:2; Psalm 137:1
- 16 1 Chronicles 12:32; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Chronicles 26:14; Daniel 2:21; 1 Kings 3:11
- 17 Ezra 2:43; 1 Chronicles 23:3–6; Ezra 7:7; Numbers 8:22–26; 1 Chronicles 23:26–32
- 18 Ezra 7:28; Nehemiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15; 1 Chronicles 6:19; Ezra 7:6
- 19 1 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:1; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 10:11; 1 Chronicles 6:19
- 20 Ezra 2:43; Ezra 7:7; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Philippians 4:3; Ezra 8:17
- 21 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 1:14; Isaiah 30:21; 1 Samuel 7:6; Jonah 3:5
- 22 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 33:18–19; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 34:15–16; Lamentations 3:25
- 23 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Matthew 7:7–8; Ezra 8:31; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; Deuteronomy 4:29
- 24 Ezra 8:18–19
- 25 Ezra 7:14–16; Ezra 8:33; Ezra 1:8; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Philippians 4:8
- 26 Ezra 1:9–11
- 27 Lamentations 4:2
- 28 Leviticus 22:2–3; Leviticus 21:6–8; Numbers 4:4–15; Ezra 1:7–11; Isaiah 52:11
- 29 Ezra 8:33–34; Acts 20:31; Mark 13:34–35; 1 Chronicles 26:20–26; 2 Timothy 4:5
- 30 1 Chronicles 29:2–3; Psalm 122:9; Isaiah 60:13; Ezra 8:22
- 31 Ezra 8:21–22; Ezra 8:15; Ezra 7:9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Acts 26:22
- 32 Nehemiah 2:11; Ezra 7:8–9
- 33 Nehemiah 3:4; Ezra 8:30; Nehemiah 3:21; Nehemiah 10:9; 1 Chronicles 28:14–18
- 35 Ezra 6:17; Psalm 116:12–19; Numbers 7:27; 2 Chronicles 29:31–32; Ezra 2:1
- 36 Ezra 7:21–24; Ezra 6:13; Ezra 5:6–17; Acts 18:27; Revelation 12:16
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