King James Version
What Does Ezra 8:1 Mean?
“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.”
Context
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.
2
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
3
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**VIII.**
(1-14) A list of the chief names, given by families, of those who accompanied Ezra.
(1) **This is the genealogy.**—The names of the heads of houses is followed generally by that of the wider families they belonged to. With this list is to be compared the register of those who went up with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2 *seq.*)*.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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