Ezra 8:7

Ezra 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
• New International Version (NIV)of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

Context of Ezra 8:7

5of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, with 300 men; 6of the sons of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, with 50 men; of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with 70 men; 8of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, with 80 men; 9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, with 218 men;

Ezra 8:7 word by word

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה בֶּן־עֲתַלְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֖וֹ שִׁבְעִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Elamעֵילָם‛êylâm ‛ôlâm · ElamH5867
• Jeshaiahיְשַׁעְיָהyesha‛yâh yesha‛yâhû · JeshaiahH3470
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ‛ăthalyâh ‛ăthalyâhû · AthaliahH6271
• and with him seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• malesזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145

Cross-references for Ezra 8:7

• Ezra 2:7the sons of Elam, 1,254;
• Nehemiah 7:12the sons of Elam, 1,254;

Commentaries on Ezra 8:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14This list shows the family leaders who bravely traveled with Ezra to Jerusalem to join the Jewish community. It includes fifteen families represented by 1,515 men. With women and children, the total might have been around 5,000 people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon--The number given here amounts to 1754. But this is the register of adult males only, and as there were women and children also (Ezr 8:21), the whole caravan may be considered as comprising between six thousand and seven thousand.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 8:7

• Athaliah
• Elam
• Genealogy
• Jesaiah

In the dictionaries

• Athaliah
• Elam
• Elam; Elamites
• Ezra
• Isaiah
• Jeshaiah
• Require
• Scribe
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Ezra 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings