Ezra 8:16-20
Shemaiah <08098> [Shemaiah.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
Zechariah <02148> [Zechariah.]
leaders <07218> [chief men.]
teachers <0995> [men of understanding.]
Casiphia ................... Casiphia <03703> [Casiphia.]
Casiphia is supposed to denote the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, near the Caspian Sea. It is evident, from a comparison of ch. 7:9 with ver. 31, that Casiphia could not be far from Ahava.
told ... what <07760 01697> [I told them. Heb. I put words in their mouth.]
temple servants <05411> [the Nethinims.]
attendants <08334> [ministers.]
good hand <03027 02896> [by the good hand.]
skilled man <07922 0376> [a man of understanding.]
Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
Sherebiah <08274> [Sherebiah.]
Hashabiah <02811> [Hashabiah.]
Merari <04847> [Merari.]
temple servants ................. them <05411> [Nethinims.]
designated <05344> [all of them.]
