Ezra 8
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Ezra 8:1-20

1Now these are the headsH7218 of their fathers’H1houses, and this is the genealogyH3187 of them that wentH5927 up with me from BabylonH894, in the reignH4438 of ArtaxerxesH783 the kingH4428: 2Of the sonsH1121 of PhinehasH6372, GershomH1647. Of the sonsH1121 of IthamarH385, DanielH1840. Of the sonsH1121 of DavidH1732, HattushH2407. 3Of the sonsH1121 of ShecaniahH7935, of the sonsH1121 of ParoshH6551, ZechariahH2148; and with him were reckoned by genealogyH3187 of the malesH2145 a hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572. 4Of the sonsH1121 of Pahath-moabH6355, EliehoenaiH454 the sonH1121 of ZerahiahH2228; and with him twoH3967 hundredH3967 malesH2145. 5Of the sonsH1121 of ShecaniahH7935, the sonH1121 of JahazielH3166; and with him threeH7969 hundredH3967 malesH2145. 6And of the sonsH1121 of AdinH5720, EbedH5651 the sonH1121 of JonathanH3129; and with him fiftyH2572 malesH2145. 7And of the sonsH1121 of ElamH5867, JeshaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AthaliahH6271; and with him seventyH7657 malesH2145. 8And of the sonsH1121 of ShephatiahH8203, ZebadiahH2069 the sonH1121 of MichaelH4317; and with him fourscore malesH2145. 9Of the sonsH1121 of JoabH3097, ObadiahH5662 the sonH1121 of JehielH3171; and with him twoH3967 hundredH3967 and eighteen malesH2145. 10And of the sonsH1121 of ShelomithH8019, the sonH1121 of Josiphiah; and with him a hundredH3967 and threescore malesH2145. 11And of the sonsH1121 of BebaiH893, ZechariahH2148 the sonH1121 of BebaiH893; and with him twentyH6242 and eightH8083 malesH2145. 12And of the sonsH1121 of AzgadH5803, JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of Hakkatan; and with him a hundredH3967 and tenH6235 malesH2145. 13And of the sonsH1121 of AdonikamH140, that were the lastH314; and these are their namesH8034: ElipheletH467, Jeuel, and ShemaiahH8098; and with them threescore malesH2145. 14And of the sonsH1121 of BigvaiH902, UthaiH5793 and Zabbud; and with them seventyH7657 malesH2145.

15And I gatheredH6908 them togetherH6908 to the riverH5104 that runneth to AhavaH163; and there we encampedH2583 threeH7969 daysH3117: and I viewed the peopleH5971, and the priestsH3548, and foundH4672 there none of the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878. 16Then sentH7971 I for EliezerH461, for ArielH740, for ShemaiahH8098, and for ElnathanH494, and for JaribH3402, and for ElnathanH494, and for NathanH5416, and for ZechariahH2148, and for MeshullamH4918, chiefH7218 men; also for JoiaribH3114, and for ElnathanH494, who were teachersH995. 17And I sent them forthH3318 unto IddoH112 the chiefH7218 at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703; and I told them what they should sayH1696 unto IddoH112, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the placeH4725 CasiphiaH3703, that they should bringH935 unto us ministers for the houseH1004 of our GodH430. 18And according to the goodH2896 handH3027 of our GodH430 upon us they broughtH935 us a manH376 of discretion, of the sonsH1121 of MahliH4249, the sonH1121 of LeviH3878, the sonH1121 of IsraelH3478; and SherebiahH8274, with his sonsH1121 and his brethren, eighteen; 19and HashabiahH2811, and with him JeshaiahH3470 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, his brethren and their sonsH1121, twentyH6242; 20and of the Nethinim, whom DavidH1732 and the princesH8269 had givenH5414 for the serviceH5656 of the LevitesH3881, two hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by nameH8034.

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