Ezra 8:5

8:5 from the descendants of Zattu, ¹  Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

Ezra 8:3

8:3 the son of Shecaniah; ² 

from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy 150 men;

Ezra 10:2

10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, ³  addressed Ezra:

“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying ⁴  foreign women from the local peoples. ⁵  Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. ⁶ 

[8:5]  ¹ tc The MT lacks “of Zattu.” The translation adopted above follows the LXX in including the words.

[8:3]  ² tc The MT reads here “from the sons of Shecaniah” with no descendant identified in what follows, contrary to the pattern of the context elsewhere. However, it seems better to understand the first phrase of v. 3 with the end of v. 2; the phrase would then modify the name “Hattush.” This understanding requires emending the reading מִבְּנֵי (mibbÿne, “from the sons of”) in the MT to בֵּן (ben,“[the] son of”). Cf. NAB, TEV, CEV, NLT.

[10:2]  ³ tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew MSS, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate עֵילָם (’elam, “Elam”) rather than the reading עוֹלָם (’olam, “eternity”) found in the MT.

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[10:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “upon this.”