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Ezra 8:1 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Ezra 8:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezra chapter 8 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The List of Those Returning with Ezra
“These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.”
Ezra 8:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezra 8:1
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. The Hebrew rashei avotam (רָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹתָם, 'heads of their fathers') identifies family patriarchs leading the second return—Ezra's delegation departing nearly 80 years after Zerubbabel's first wave (538 BC). The phrase went up with me (olim immi, עֹלִים עִמִּי) marks Ezra's personal leadership, while Artaxerxes the king (אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא הַמֶּלֶךְ) specifies Artaxerxes I Longimanus (464-424 BC), whose seventh year (458 BC) frames this journey.T...
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Cross-References for Ezra 8:1
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“and of the priests”
“and Zadok”
“men of valor”
“even the mighty men of valor”
“and the priests”
“fifty basins”
“throughout their generations”
“they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.”
“that all those of the people of Israel”
“but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.”