King James Version
Ezra 8:1 in the King James Version says “These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the re...” — study this verse from Ezra chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
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.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“These are now the chief”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“of their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“of them that went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“of Artaxerxes”
H783artachshasta (or artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several persian kings
“with me from Babylon”
H894babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
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