1 Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες πατριῶν αὐτῶν οἱ ὁδηγοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν βασιλείᾳ Ἀρθασασθὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος. 2 Ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φινεὲς, Γηρσών· ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰθάμαρ, Δανιήλ· ἀπὸ υἱῶν Δαυὶδ, Ἀττούς. 3 Ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαχανία, καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φόρος, Ζαχαρίας, καὶ μετ αὐτοῦ τὸ συστρεμμα ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα. 4 Ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωὰβ, Ἐλιανὰ υἱὸς Σαραΐα, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι τὰ ἀρσενικά. 5 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ζαθόης, Σεχενίας υἱὸς Ἀζιὴλ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ τριακόσια τὰ ἀρσενικά. 6 Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀδὶν, Ὠβὴθ υἱὸς Ἰωνάθαν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 7 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠλὰμ, Ἰσαΐας υἱὸς Ἀθελία, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 8 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαφατία, Ζαβαδίας υἱὸς Μιχαὴλ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὀγδοήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 9 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰωὰβ, Ἀβαδία υἱὸς Ἰεϊὴλ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι δεκαοκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά. 10 Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Βαανὶ, Σελιμοὺθ υἱὸς Ἰωσεφία, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 11 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαβὶ, Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς Βαβὶ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰκοσιοκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά. 12 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἀσγὰδ, Ἰωανὰν υἱὸς Ἀκκατὰν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν δέκα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 13 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἀδωνικὰμ ἔσχατοι, καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν, Ἐλιφαλὰτ, Ἰεὴλ, καὶ Σαμαΐα, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 14 Καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαγουαῒ, Οὐθαῒ καὶ Ζαβοὺδ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά. 15 Καὶ συνῆξα αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς τὸν Εὐὶ, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς· καὶ συνῆκα ἐν τῷ λαῷ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Λευὶ οὐχ εὗρον ἐκεῖ. 16 Καὶ ἀπέστειλα τῷ Ἐλεάζαρ, τῷ Ἀριὴλ, τῷ Σεμεΐᾳ, καὶ τῷ Ἀλωνὰμ, καὶ τῷ Ἰαρὶβ, καὶ τῷ Ἐλνάθαμ, καὶ τῷ Νάθαν, καὶ τῷ Ζαχαρίᾳ, καὶ τῷ Μεσολλὰμ, καὶ τῷ Ἰωαρὶμ, καὶ τῷ Ἐλνάθαν, συνιέντας. 17 Καὶ ἐξήνεγκα αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ἄρχοντας ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου, καὶ ἔθηκα ἐν στόματι αὐτῶν λόγους λαλῆσαι πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν τῶν Ἀθινεὶμ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου, τοῦ ἐνέγκαι ἡμῖν ᾄδοντας εἰς οἶκον Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. 18 Καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἡμῖν ὡς χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀγαθὴ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, ἀνὴρ σαχὼν ἀπὸ υἱῶν Μοολὶ, υἱοῦ Λευὶ, υἱοῦ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἀρχὴν ἦλθον οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ δεκαοκτώ· 19 Καὶ τὸν Ἀσεβία, καὶ τὸν Ἰσαΐα ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Μεραρὶ, ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἴκοσι. 20 Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Ναθινὶμ, ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες εἰς δουλείαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, Ναθινὶμ διακόσιοι εἴκοσι, πάντες συνήχθησαν ἐν ὀνόμασι. 21 Καὶ ἐκάλεσα ἐκεῖ νηστείαν ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν Ἀουὲ, τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ζητῆσαι παρʼ αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν εὐθείαν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κτήσει ἡμῶν· 22 Ὅτι ᾐσχύνθην αἰτήσασθαι παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως δύναμιν καὶ ἱππεῖς σῶσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ ἐχθροῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ὅτι εἴπαμεν τῷ βασιλεῖ, λέγοντες, χεὶρ τοῦ Θεου ἡμῶν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ζητοῦντας αὐτὸν εἰς ἀγαθόν· καὶ κράτος αὐτοῦ, καὶ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἐγκαταλείποντας αὐτόν. 23 Καὶ ἐνηστεύσαμεν, καὶ ἐζητήσαμεν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ἡμῖν. 24 Καὶ διέστειλα ἀπὸ ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων δώδεκα, τῷ Σαραΐα, τῷ Ἀσαβία, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν δέκα. 25 Καὶ ἔστησα αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἀπαρχῆς οἴκου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἃ ὕψωσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ σύμβουλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ οἱ εὑρισκόμενοι. 26 Καὶ ἔστησα ἐπὶ χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἑξακόσια πεντήκοντα, καὶ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ ἑκατὸν, καὶ τάλαντα χρυσίου ἑκατὸν, 27 καὶ χαφουρῆ χρυσοῖ εἴκοσι εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν χίλιοι, καὶ σκεύη χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος ἀγαθοῦ διάφορα ἐπιθυμητὰ ἐν χρυσίῳ. 28 Καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ὑμεῖς ἅγιοι τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἅγια, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἑκούσια τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ πατέρων ἡμῶν. 29 Ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ τηρεῖτε ἕως στῆτε ἐνώπιον ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πατριῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς σκηνὰς οἴκου Κυρίου. 30 Καὶ ἐδέξαντο οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται σταθμὸν τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ τοῦ χρυσίου καὶ τῶν σκευῶν, ἐνεγκεῖν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς οἶκον Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. 31 Καὶ ἐξῄραμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Ἀουὲ ἐν τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἦν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ καὶ πολεμίου ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. 32 Καὶ ἤλθομεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς. 33 Καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἐστήσαμεν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χεῖρα Μεριμὼθ υἱοῦ Οὐρία τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ υἱὸς Φινεὲς, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν Ἰωζαβὰδ υἱὸς Ἰησοῦ, καὶ Νωαδία υἱὸς Βαναΐα οἱ Λευῖται. 34 Ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ ἐν σταθμῷ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶς ὁ σταθμός. 35 Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ οἱ ἐλθόντες ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας υἱοὶ τῆς παροικίας, προσήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεις τῷ Θεῷ Ἰσραὴλ, μόσχους δώδεκα περὶ παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ, κριοὺς ἐννενηκανταὲξ, ἀμνοὺς ἑβδομηκονταεπτὰ, χιμάρους περὶ ἁμαρτίας δώδεκα, τὰ πάντα ὁλοκαυτώματα τῷ Κυρίῳ· 36 Καὶ ἔδωκαν τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῖς διοικηταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐπάρχοις πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ· καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν λαὸν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Ezra · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Ezra 8 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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
Eliehoenai
Son of Zerahiah and head of the descendants of Pahath-moab with 200 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:4
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
Jeshaiah
Son of Athaliah and head of the descendants of Elam with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:7
Jeshaiah
Levite of Merari’s descendants who came to Ezra with Hashabiah and 20 brothers and sons.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:19
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
Uriah
Named as the father of Meremoth and the son of Hakkoz.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4
Uthai
Named with Zaccur as leaders of the descendants of Bigvai, with 70 men.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 8:14
Zaccur
Named with Uthai 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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