Ezra 8:5

Ezra 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
• New International Version (NIV)of the descendants of Zattu, Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)of the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;

Context of Ezra 8:5

3who was of Shecaniah’s descendants; Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants, and 150 men with him who were registered by genealogy; 4Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah from Pahath-moab’s descendants, and 200 men with him; Shecaniah son of Jahaziel from Zattu’s descendants, and 300 men with him; 6Ebed son of Jonathan from Adin’s descendants, and 50 men with him; 7Jeshaiah son of Athaliah from Elam’s descendants, and 70 men with him;

Ezra 8:5 word by word

מִבְּנֵ֥י זַתּוּא שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־יַחֲזִיאֵ֑ל וְעִמּ֕וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Shechaniahשְׁכַנְיָהוּshekanyâh shekanyâhû · ShecaniahH7935
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Jahazielיַחֲזִיאֵלyachăzîy'êl · JahazielH3166
• and with him threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• malesזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145

Commentaries on Ezra 8:5

• 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 8:5

• Genealogy
• Jahaziel
• Shechaniah

In the dictionaries

• Ezra
• Require
• Scribe
• Shecaniah
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Genealogy
• Jahaziel
• Jezelus
• Sechenias
• Shecaniah; Shechaniah

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