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8:1 These <0428> are the leaders <01> <07218> and those enrolled with them by genealogy <03187> who were coming up <05927> with <05973> me from Babylon <0894> during the reign <04438> of King <04428> Artaxerxes <0783>: 8:2 from the descendants <01121> of Phinehas <06372>, Gershom <01647>; from the descendants <01121> of Ithamar <0385>, Daniel <01840>; from the descendants <01121> of David <01732>, Hattush <02407> 8:3 the son <01121> of Shecaniah <07935>; from the descendants <01121> of Parosh <06551>, Zechariah <02148>, and with <05973> him were enrolled by genealogy <03187> 150 <02572> <03967> men <02145>; 8:4 from the descendants <01121> of Pahath-Moab <06355>, Eliehoenai <0454> son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, and with <05973> him 200 <03967> men <02145>; 8:5 from the descendants <01121> of Zattu, Shecaniah <07935> son <01121> of Jahaziel <03166>, and with <05973> him 300 <03967> <07969> men <02145>; 8:6 from the descendants <01121> of Adin <05720>, Ebed <05651> son <01121> of Jonathan <03129>, and with <05973> him 50 <02572> men <02145>; 8:7 from the descendants <01121> of Elam <05867>, Jeshaiah <03470> son <01121> of Athaliah <06271>, and with <05973> him 70 <07657> men <02145>; 8:8 from the descendants <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, Zebadiah <02069> son <01121> of Michael <04317>, and with <05973> him 80 <08084> men <02145>; 8:9 from the descendants <01121> of Joab <03097>, Obadiah <05662> son <01121> of Jehiel <03171>, and with <05973> him 218 <06240> <08083> <03967> men <02145>; 8:10 from the descendants <01121> of Bani, Shelomith <08019> son <01121> of Josiphiah <03131>, and with <05973> him 160 <08346> <03967> men <02145>; 8:11 from the descendants <01121> of Bebai <0893>, Zechariah <02148> son <01121> of Bebai <0893>, and with <05973> him 28 <08083> <06242> men <02145>; 8:12 from the descendants <01121> of Azgad <05803>, Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Hakkatan <06997>, and with <05973> him 110 <06235> <03967> men <02145>; 8:13 from the descendants <01121> of Adonikam <0140> there were the latter <0314> ones. Their names <08034> were Eliphelet <0467>, Jeuel <03273>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and with <05973> them 60 <08346> men <02145>; 8:14 from the descendants <01121> of Bigvai <0902>, Uthai <05793>, and Zaccur <02072>, and with <05973> them 70 <07657> men <02145>. 8:15 I had them assemble <06908> at <0413> the canal <05104> that flows <0935> toward <0413> Ahava <0163>, and we camped <02583> there <08033> for three <07969> days <03117>. I observed <0995> that the people <05971> and the priests <03548> were present, but I found <04672> no <03808> Levites <03878> <01121> there <08033>. 8:16 So I sent <07971> for Eliezer <0461>, Ariel <0740>, Shemaiah <08098>, Elnathan <0494>, Jarib <03402>, Elnathan <0494>, Nathan <05416>, Zechariah <02148>, and Meshullam <04918>, who were leaders <07218>, and Joiarib <03114> and Elnathan <0494>, who were teachers <0995>. 8:17 I sent <03318> them to <05921> Iddo <0112>, who was the leader <07218> in the place <04725> called Casiphia <03703>. I told <06310> <07760> them what <01697> to say <01696> to <0413> Iddo <0112> and his relatives <0251>, who were the temple servants <05411> in <04725> Casiphia <03703>, so they would bring <0935> us attendants <08334> for the temple <01004> of our God <0430>. 8:18 Due to the fact that the good <02896> hand <03027> of our God <0430> was on <05921> us, they brought <0935> us a skilled <07922> man <0376>, from the descendants <01121> of Mahli <04249> the son <01121> of Levi <03878> son <01121> of Israel <03478>. This man was Sherebiah <08274>, who was accompanied by his sons <01121> and brothers <0251>, 18 <06240> <08083> men, 8:19 and Hashabiah <02811>, along with <0854> Jeshaiah <03470> from the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>, with his brothers <0251> and their sons <01121>, 20 <06242> men, 8:20 and some of <04480> the temple servants <05411> that David <01732> and his officials <08269> had established <05414> for the work <05656> of the Levites <03881>– 220 <06242> <03967> of them <05411>. They were all <03605> designated <05344> by name <08034>. 8:21 I called <07121> for a fast <06685> there <08033> by <05921> the Ahava <0163> Canal <05104>, so that we might humble <06031> ourselves before <06440> our God <0430> and seek <01245> from <04480> him a safe <03477> journey <01870> for us, our children <02945>, and all <03605> our property <07399>. 8:22 I was embarrassed <0954> to request <07592> soldiers <02428> and horsemen <06571> from the king <04428> to protect <05826> us from the enemy <0341> along the way <01870>, because <03588> we had said <0559> to the king <04428>, “The good <02896> hand <03027> of our God <0430> is on <05921> everyone <03605> who is seeking <01245> him, but his great <05797> anger <0639> is against <05921> everyone <03605> who forsakes <05800> him.” 8:23 So we fasted <06684> and prayed <01245> to our God <0430> about <05921> this <02063>, and he answered <06279> us. 8:24 Then I set apart <0914> twelve <06240> of the leading <08269> priests <03548>, together with Sherebiah <08274>, Hashabiah <02811>, and ten <06235> of their brothers <0251>, 8:25 and I weighed out <08254> to them <01992> the silver <03701>, the gold <02091>, and the vessels <03627> intended for the temple <01004> of our God <0430>– items <08641> that the king <04428>, his advisers <03289>, his officials <08269>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> who were present <04672> had contributed <07311>.

• Ezr 8:1-14 -- The Leaders Who Returned with Ezra
• Ezr 8:15-36 -- The Exiles Travel to Jerusalem

• Ezra

  [ebd] help. (1.) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Neh. 12:1). (2.) The "scribe" who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B.C. 459, and author of the book of Scriptur...
  [isbe] EZRA - ez'-ra (Aramaic or Chaldee, `ezra', "help"; a hypocoristicon, or shortened form of Azariah, "Yahweh has helped." The Hebrew spells the name `ezrah, as in 1 Ch 4:17, or uses the Aramaic spelling of the name, as in Ezr ...
  [nave] EZRA 1. A famous scribe and priest, Ezra 7:1-5, 6, 10, 21; Neh. 12:36. Appoints a fast, Ezra 8:21. Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large company of Jews, Ezra 7:8. His charge to the priests, Ezra 8...
  

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• Sherebiah

  [ebd] flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem (Ezra 8:17, 18, 24-30; Neh. 8:7; 9:4, 5; 10:12).
  [isbe] SHEREBIAH - sher-e-bi'-a, she-reb'-ya (sherebhyah, "God has sent burning heat"(?); the form is doubtful): A post-exilic priest and family. Sherebiah, who joined Ezra at the river Ahava (Ezr 8:18; the Septuagint omits), and h...
  [smith] (heat of Jehovah) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:18,24) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him. (Nehemiah 8:7) He signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah...
  [nave] SHEREBIAH, a Levite assistant to Ezra, Ezra 8:18, 24; Neh. 8:7; 9:4, 5. 2. A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:12; 12:8, 24.
  

• LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. TERMS USED 1. Torah ("Law") 2. Synonyms of Torah (1) Mitswah ("Command") (2) `Edhah ("Witness," "Testimony") (3) MishpaTim ("Judgments") (4) Chuqqim ("Statutes") (5) Piqqudhim ("Precepts") II...
  

• Jeshaiah

  [ebd] deliverance of Jehovah. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, the father of Joram, of the family of Eliezer (1 Chr. 26:25); called also Isshiah (24:21). (2.) One of the sons of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 15). (3.) One of the three sons of Ha...
  [isbe] JESHAIAH - je-sha'-ya, je-shi'-a ((a) yesha`yahu; (b) yesha`yah, "deliverance of Yah"; (2) (3) below have form (a), the others form (b)): (1) Son of Hananiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel, according to 1 Ch 3:21, the King Jame...
  [smith] (salvation of Jehovah). One of the six sons of Jeduthun. (1 Chronicles 25:3,15) (B.C. 1014.) A Levite in the reign of David, eldest son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Amram through Moses. (1 Chronicles 26:25) [ISSHIAH] (...
  [nave] JESHAIAH 1 Chr. 25:3, 15; 26:25; Ezra 8:7, 19
  

• Hashabiah

  [ebd] regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 6:45; 9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2 Chr. 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief pri...
  [isbe] HASHABIAH - hash-a-bi'-a (chashabhyah): (1) Two Levites of the family of Merari (1 Ch 6:45; 9:14). (2) A Levite who dwelt in Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah (Neh 11:15). (3) A son of Jeduthun (1 Ch 25:3). (4) A Hebronite, ...
  [smith] (whom God regards). A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) Another Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14) The fourth of the six sons of Jeduthun, (1 Chronicles 25:3) who had charge of the twelfth course. ver. 19. (B.C...
  [nave] HASHABIAH 1. Son of Amaziah, a Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. Son of Jeduthun, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:3, 19. 3. Son of Kemuel, 1 Chr. 26:30; 27:17. 4. A chief Levite, 2 Chr. 35:9. 5. Son of Bui, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 6. Son of...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• SOLOMON'S SERVANTS

  [isbe] SOLOMON'S SERVANTS - ('adbhedhe shelomoh; douloi Salomon): "The children of Solomon's servants" constituted a company or guild of the Jewish exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonia to Jerusalem in 537 BC, pursuant...
  

• Ahava

  [ebd] water, the river (Ezra 8:21) by the banks of which the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra when about to return to Jerusalem from Babylon. In all probability this was one of the streams of Mesopotamia which flowed into the Eu...
  [isbe] AHAVA - a-ha'-va ('ahawa'): The river in Babylonia on the banks of which Ezra gathered together the Jews who accompanied him to Jerusalem. At this rendezvous the company encamped for three days to make preparation for the di...
  [smith] (water), a place, (Ezra 8:15) or a river, Ezra 8:21 On the banks of which Ezra collected the second expedition which returned with him from Babylon to Jerusalem. Perhaps it is the modern Hit, on the Euphrates due east of Dama...
  [nave] AHAVA, a river of Babylon, Ezra 8:15, 21, 31.
  

• Nethinim

  [ebd] the name given to the hereditary temple servants in all the post-Exilian books of Scripture. The word means given, i.e., "those set apart", viz., to the menial work of the sanctuary for the Levites. The name occurs seventeen...
  [isbe] NETHINIM - neth'-i-nim (nethinim, "given"; Natheineim; the King James Version Nethinims): 1. Meaning: A group of temple-servants (1 Ch 9:2 and 16 times in Ezra and Nehemiah). The word has always the article, and does not occ...
  [smith] (given, dedicated), As applied specifically to a distinct body of men connected with the services of the temple, this name first meets us in the later books of the Old Testament-- in 1 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, The word ...
  [nave] NETHINIM Servants of the Levites, Ezra 8:20. Return from the captivity, 1 Chr. 9:2; Ezra 2:43, 58, 70; 7:7, 24; 8:17; Neh. 3:26, 31; 7:46, 60, 73; 10:28; 11:3, 21.
  

• Shemaiah

  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• Obadiah

  [ebd] servant of the Lord. (1.) An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3). Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord's prophets, an hundred ...
  [isbe] OBADIAH - o-ba-di'-a (`obhadhyah, more fully `obhadhyahu, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The steward or prime minister of Ahab, who did his best to protect the prophets of Yahweh against Jezebel's persecution. He met Elijah on hi...
  [smith] (servant of the Lord), A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. 470.) A descendant of Issachar and a chief man of his tribe. (1 Chronicles 7:3) (B.C. 1014.) One ...
  [nave] OBADIAH 1. The governor of Ahab's house. Conceals in a cave one hundred prophets persecuted by Jezebel, 1 Kin. 18:3, 4. Meets Elijah and receives a commission from him, 1 Kin. 18:3-16. 2. Head of a family, 1 Chr. 3:21. 3....
  

• Ariel

  [ebd] the lion of God. (1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16). (2.) A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa. 29:1, 2, 7) as "victorious under God," and in Ezek. 43:15, 16, for the altar ...
  [isbe] ARIEL - a'-ri-el ('ariy'el or 'ari'el, "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in Ezek 43:15,16, and is there translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "ALTAR HEARTH." (1) According to the Revised Version (Brit...
  [smith] (lion of God). One of the "chief men" who under Ezra directed the caravan which he led back from Babylon to Jerusalem. (Ezra 8:16) (B.C. 459.) The word occurs also in reference to two Moabites slain by Benaiah. (2 Samuel ...
  [nave] ARIEL 1. A messenger from Ezra to Iddo, Ezra 8:16. 2. A symbolical name for Jerusalem, Isa. 29:1, 2, 7.
  

• Shechaniah

  [smith] (dweller with Jehovah). A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. ...
  [nave] SHECHANIAH 1. A descendant of David, 1 Chr. 3:21, 22. 2. Two men whose descendants returned with Ezra from captivity in Babylon, Ezra 8:3, 5. 3. A Jew who proposed to Ezra the putting away of Gentile wives, Ezra 10:2. 4. ...
  

• Joiarib

  [ebd] (whom Jehovah defends) = Jehoiarib. (1.) The founder of one of the courses of the priests (Neh. 11:10). (2.) Neh. 11:5; a descendant of Judah. (3.) Neh. 12:6. (4.) Ezra 8:16, a "man of understanding" whom Ezra sent to "bring...
  [isbe] JOIARIB - joi'-a-rib (yoyaribh, "Yahweh pleads" or "contends"; compare JEHOIARIB): (1) A "teacher" of Ezra's time (Ezr 8:16). (2) A Judahite (Neh 11:5). (3) In Neh 11:10; 12:6,19 = JEHOIARIB (which see).
  [smith] (whom Jehovah defends.) A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:16) (B.C. 459.) The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full JEHOIARIB. (Nehemiah 12:6,19) A Shilonite --i.e. probably a...
  [nave] JOIARIB 1. A returned exile, Ezra 8:16. 2. A descendant of Judah, Neh. 11:5. 3. A priest who returned from Babylon, Neh. 12:6, 19. 4. See: Jehoiarib.
  

• Zabbud

  [ebd] gift, Ezra 8:14.
  [isbe] ZABBUD - zab'-ud (zabbudh, meaning uncertain; Ezr 8:14, where Kere is zakkur and Kethibh is zabhudh = "Zabud"; 1 Esdras 8:40 has "Istalcarus"): A companion of Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem.
  [smith] (given) one of the sons of Bigvai, who returned in the second caravan with Ezra. (Ezra 8:14) (B.C. 459.)
  [nave] ZABBUD, a returned exile, Ezra 8:14.
  

• Jarib

  [ebd] an adversary. (1.) A son of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:24). (2.) One of the chiefs sent by Ezra to bring up the priests to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16). (3.) Ezra 10:18.
  [isbe] JARIB - ja'-rib, jar'-ib (yaribh, "he contends," or "takes (our) part," or "conducts (our) case"): (1) In 1 Ch 4:24, a "son" (clan) of Simeon = "Jachin" of Gen 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12. (2)In Ezr 8:16, one of the "chief men"...
  [smith] (adversary). Named in the list of (1 Chronicles 4:24) only, as a son of Simeon. Perhaps the same as JACHIN. Genesis46; Exod 6; Numb 26. One of the "chief men" who accompanied Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem....
  [nave] JARIB 1. Son of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:24. 2. A chief among the captivity, Ezra 8:16. 3. A priest who married an idolatrous wife, Ezra 10:18.
  

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