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Ezra Chapter
Eight
New King James Version (NKJV)
Ezra
8:1 These are
the heads of their fathers’ houses
and this is the genealogy of
those who went up with me from Babylon
in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
YLT And these [are] heads of their fathers
and the genealogy of those
going up with me
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king
from Babylon.
These are now the chief of their fathers
and this is the
genealogy of them
Which follows from hence to the end of ( Ezra
8:14 )
that went up with me from Babylon;
with Ezra the priest and scribe
the writer of this book:
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king;
that is
Darius Hystaspis
in the seventh year of his reign
see ( Ezra
7:1 Ezra 7:7 )
though many think Artaxerxes
Longimanus is meant.
Ezra
8:2 of the sons of
Phinehas
Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar
Daniel; of the sons of David
Hattush;
YLT From the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar:
Daniel; from the sons of David: Hattush;
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel
Not Daniel the prophet
he was of the royal blood
and of the tribe of Judah;
this was a priest
a descendant of Ithamar
as Gershom was of Eleazar in the
line of Phinehas:
of the sons of David; Hattush;
perhaps the same with him in ( 1 Chronicles 3:22 )
who was a descendant of
David the king; these three men seem to have come alone without any of their
families
at least they are not mentioned
nor their numbers given
as the rest
that follow be.
Ezra
8:3 of the sons of
Shecaniah
of the sons of Parosh
Zechariah; and registered with him were
one hundred and fifty males;
YLT from the sons of Shechaniah
from the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah
and with him
reckoning themselves by genealogy
of males a hundred and fifty.
Ezra
8:3~8:14Ver. 3-14. Of the sons of Shechaniah
of the sons of Pharosh
Who is so described
to distinguish him from another Shechaniah
( Ezra
8:5 )
Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy
of the males
an hundred and fifty;
males only were reckoned
not women and children; though that there were such
that went up is clear from ( Ezra
8:21 )
from hence to the end of ( Ezra
8:14 ) an account is given of the number of the males that went up
with Ezra
who were chiefly
if not altogether
sons of those that went up with
Zerubbabel; such of them as were left there behind
and now returned
at least
a great number of them
see ( Ezra
2:1 )
it is particularly remarked of the sons of Adonikam
( Ezra
8:13 )
that they were the last of them; not that they were the
last that came in to go with Ezra
or were backward and dilatory
but the last
with respect to the first of his sons that were gone before
and seem with them
to be the whole of his family; the number of all that went up under their
respective heads amounts to 1496.
Ezra
8:4 of the sons of
Pahath-Moab
Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah
and with him two hundred males;
YLT From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah
and with
him two hundred who are males.
Ezra
8:5 of the sons of
Shechaniah
[a]
Ben-Jahaziel
and with him three hundred males;
YLT From the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel
and with him
three hundred who are males.
Ezra
8:6 of the sons of
Adin
Ebed the son of Jonathan
and with him fifty males;
YLT And from the sons of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan
and with him
fifty who are males.
Ezra
8:7 of the sons of
Elam
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah
and with him seventy males;
YLT And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah
and with him
seventy who are males.
Ezra
8:8 of the sons of
Shephatiah
Zebadiah the son of Michael
and with him eighty males;
YLT And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael
and with
him eighty who are males.
Ezra
8:9 of the sons of
Joab
Obadiah the son of Jehiel
and with him two hundred and eighteen males;
YLT From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel
and with him two
hundred and eighteen who are males.
Ezra
8:10 of the sons of
Shelomith
[b]
Ben-Josiphiah
and with him one hundred and sixty males;
YLT And from the sons of Shelomith
the son of Josiphiah
and with him
a hundred and sixty who are males.
Ezra
8:11 of
the sons of Bebai
Zechariah the son of Bebai
and with him twenty-eight males;
YLT And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai
and with him
twenty and eight who are males.
Ezra
8:12 of the sons of
Azgad
Johanan the son of Hakkatan
and with him one hundred and ten males;
YLT And from the sons of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan
and with him
a hundred and ten who are males.
Ezra
8:13 of the last
sons of Adonikam
whose names are these—Eliphelet
Jeiel
and
Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;
YLT And from the younger sons of Adonikam -- and these [are] their
names -- Eliphelet
Jeiel
and Shemaiah
and with them sixty who are males
Ezra
8:14 also of the
sons of Bigvai
Uthai and Zabbud
and with them seventy males.
YLT And from the sons of Bigvai
Uthai and Zabbud
and with them
seventy who are males.
Ezra
8:15 Now
I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava
and we camped there three
days. And I looked among the people and the priests
and found none of the sons
of Levi there.
YLT And I gather them unto
the river that is going unto Ahava
and we encamp there three days; and I
consider about the people
and about the priests
and of the sons of Levi I
have found none there;
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava
From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river
see ( Ezra
8:21 )
and may be the same with Adiabene
a country in Assyria
which had its name from the river Adiava:
and there abode we in tents three days;
or pitched their camp; this was the place of their rendezvous:
and I viewed the people and the priests;
mustered them
took the number of them
and what tribe and families they were
of:
and found there none of the sons of Levi;
excepting the priests.
Ezra
8:16 Then
I sent for Eliezer
Ariel
Shemaiah
Elnathan
Jarib
Elnathan
Nathan
Zechariah
and Meshullam
leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan
men of
understanding.
YLT and I send for Eliezer
for Ariel
for Shemaiah
and for Elnathan
and for Jarib
and for Elnathan
and
for Nathan
and for Zechariah
and for Meshullam
heads
and for Joiarib
and
for Elnathan
men of understanding;
Then sent I for Eliezer
for Ariel
for Shemaiah
and for Elnathan
and for Jarib
and for Elnathan
and for Nathan
and for Zechariah
and for
Meshullam
chief men; also for Joiarib
and for Elnathan
men of understanding.
] These were all in the camp
in some part of it
to whom Ezra sent messengers
to come unto him; three of them are of the same name; the first nine were men
of chief note
rank
and dignity in their family
and the other two were noted
for men of good sense
and that could speak to a case well
and so fit to be
sent on such an affair as they were.
Ezra
8:17 And
I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia
and I told
them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren[c] the
Nethinim at the place Casiphia—that they should bring us servants for the house
of our God.
YLT and I charge them for
Iddo the head
in the place Casiphia
and put in their mouth words to speak
unto Iddo
[and] his brethren the Nethinim
in the place Casiphia
to bring to
us ministrants for the house of our God.
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief
at the place
Casiphia
Not a place by the Caspian sea
and near the Caspian mountains
as Munster
which was too far off to go and return in the time they must
see ( Ezra
7:9 ) ( Ezra 8:15 Ezra
8:31 )
but
as Jarchi
a place in Babylon so called
a village
near it
or a parish or street in it
where Ezra knew lived many of the Levites
and Nethinims
and where Iddo was the chief of the Levites
and over them both:
and I told them what they should say unto Iddo
and to his
brethren the Nethinims
at the place Casiphia;
but Iddo was not one of the Nethinims; for he was chief of the Levites
and by
his authority many of them were sent as well as of the Nethinims; but none of
the latter were over the Levites
for they were servants to them
( Ezra
8:20 )
but
according to Jarchi
the Nethinims are not at all
intended in this clause
who reads the words
to Iddo and Achim
(the name of a man with him; perhaps it may be better rendered
"to Iddo
and his brother"
)
who were appointed
or settled
in the place Casiphia;
and with him De Dieu agrees
and so the Syriac version
who dwelt in Casiphia: that they should bring unto us ministers
for the house of our God;
both Levites to be singers and porters there
and the Nethinims to wait on
them.
Ezra
8:18 Then
by the good hand of our God upon us
they brought us a man of understanding
of
the sons of Mahli the son of Levi
the son of Israel
namely Sherebiah
with
his sons and brothers
eighteen men;
YLT And they bring to us
according to the good hand of our God upon us
a man of understanding
of the
sons of Mahli
son of Levi
son of Israel
and Sherebiah
and his sons
and his
brethren
eighteen;
And by the good hand of our God upon us
Favouring their designs and orders
protecting those that were sent
and
inclining those they were sent to use their interest and authority with those
that were under them
and making them willing also to agree to what was
proposed to them:
they brought us a man of understanding of the sons of Mahli
the
son of Levi
the son of Israel;
an Israelite
of the tribe of Levi
in the line of Mahli a son of Merari
the
third son of Levi:
and Sherebiah;
or rather "even Sherebiah"; so Aben Ezra; for he is the understanding
man that is meant
and described by his pedigree:
with his sons and his brethren
eighteen; all together made this number.
Ezra
8:19 and
Hashabiah
and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari
his brothers and their
sons
twenty men;
YLT and Hashabiah
and with
him Jeshaiah
of the sons of Merari
his brethren
and their sons
twenty;
And Hashabiah
and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari
&c.] These were of the same division of Levites as Sherebiah:
his brethren and their sons
twenty;
these thirty eight
with those they came with
were all Levites; the Nethinims
follow.
Ezra
8:20 also
of the Nethinim
whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of
the Levites
two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by
name.
YLT and from the Nethinim
whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites
two hundred and
twenty Nethinim
all of them defined by name.
Also of the Nethinims
whom David and the princes had appointed
for the service of the Levites
To wait upon them
and minister to them
as they did to the priests; some think
those were the same with the Gibeonites
whom Joshua gave to the service of the
sanctuary
and David confirmed; but others are of opinion these were different
from them
and an addition to them:
two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by
name;
in the history that Iddo sent of them to Ezra; and so the names of the Levites
though not here expressed
only the names of those they came with.
Ezra
8:21 Then
I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava
that we might humble ourselves
before our God
to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and
all our possessions.
YLT And I proclaim there a
fast
by the river Ahava
to afflict ourselves before our God
to seek from Him
a right way for us
and for our infants
and for all our substance
Then I proclaimed a fast there
at the river Ahava
After the messengers to Iddo were returned with those they brought with them:
that we might afflict ourselves before our God;
humble themselves before him for their sins
confess them
and declare their
repentance of them
and ask forgiveness for them:
to seek of him a right way for us;
to take from thence towards Jerusalem
to be directed by him in it: either by a
prophet
or by a vision in a dream
as Eben Ezra; or rather by the guidance of
his providence; this they sought in prayer by the river side
where it had been
usual with them
and since has been
to perform religious exercises
see ( Ezekiel
1:1 ) ( 3:15 ) ( Acts
16:13 )
hence Tertullian F26
calls the prayers of the Jews "orationes littorales"; they sought not
so much which was the shortest and easiest way for them to travel in
as which
was the safest:
and for our little ones and for all our substance;
for the safe conveyance of them; this shows
that though males only are
numbered
as before
yet they had their wives and children with them; for
little ones cannot be supposed without women to take care of them.
FOOTNOTES:
F26 Ad nationes
l. 1. c. 13. Vid. lib. de jejuniis
c. 16.
Ezra
8:22 For
I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help
us against the enemy on the road
because we had spoken to the king
saying
“The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him
but His
power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.”
YLT for I was ashamed to ask
from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way
for we spake to the king
saying
`The hand of our God [is] upon all seeking
Him for good
and His strength and His wrath [is] upon all forsaking Him.'
For I was ashamed to require of the kings band of soldiers and
horsemen
Which he might have had
only asking for them; so great was the interest he had
in the king's favour:
to help us against the enemy in the way;
the Arabs
Samaritans
and others
that might lie in wait for them
to rob them
of their substance:
because we had spoken unto the king:
of the special favour of God to them
his singular providence in the protection
of them:
saying
the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek
him;
that pray unto him
serve and worship him; his hand is open to them to bestow all
needful good upon them
temporal and spiritual
and his power and providence
are over them
to protect and defend them from all evil:
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him;
his word
his ways and worship; his powerful wrath
or the strength and force
of it
is exerted against them and they are sure to feel the weight and
dreadful effects of it: and now all this being said to the king
after this
to
desire a guard to protect them
it would look as if they had not that favour in
the sight of God
and did not believe what they had said
but distrusted his
power and providence towards them; therefore
rather than reflect any dishonour
on God
they chose to expose themselves to danger
seeking his face and favour
and relying on his goodness and power.
Ezra
8:23 So
we fasted and entreated our God for this
and He answered our prayer.
YLT And we fast
and seek
from our God for this
and He is entreated of us.
So we fasted
and besought our God for this
Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey
and preservation in
it:
and he was entreated of us;
accepted their prayer
as Jarchi
so that they came safe to Jerusalem.
Ezra
8:24 And
I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah
Hashabiah
and ten
of their brethren with them—
YLT And I separate from the
heads of the priests
twelve
even Sherebiah
Hashabiah
and with them of their
brethren ten
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests
That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two
mentioned
( Ezra 8:2 )
very probably their families
or
some of their brethren
were with them:
Sherebiah
Hashabiah
and ten of their brethren with them;
these men named were Levites
and not priests
( Ezra
8:18 Ezra 8:19 ) and therefore the copulative
"and" must be supplied:
and Sherebiah
or with the twelve priests
Sherebiah
&c. and ten Levites more with them;
so that the number of priests and Levites were equal
and in all twenty four.
Ezra
8:25 and weighed out
to them the silver
the gold
and the articles
the offering for the house of
our God which the king and his counselors and his princes
and all Israel who
were present
had offered.
YLT and I weigh to them the
silver
and the gold
and the vessels
a heave-offering of the house of our
God
that the king
and his counsellors
and his heads
and all Israel -- those
present -- lifted up;
And I weighed unto them the silver
and the gold
and the vessels
When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and
faithfulness
and as a security against any charge or accusation of embezzling
any part of them
and to set them an example
and also that they might be under
no temptation of acting such a part
and might be vindicated should they be
charged with it: even
the offering of the house of our God;
what was freely offered for the service of it:
which the king and his counsellors
and his lords
and all Israel
there present
had offered;
as freewill offerings
see ( Ezra
7:15 Ezra 7:16 ) .
Ezra
8:26 I
weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver
silver
articles weighing one hundred talents
one hundred talents of gold
YLT and I weigh to their
hand
of silver
talents six hundred and fifty
and of vessels of silver a
hundred talents
of gold a hundred talents
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver
Which
according to Scheuchzer F1
amount to 975
000 imperials
and
of our money
2
229
450 pounds sterling: and
silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35
300 pounds
or 50
000
imperials; according to Jarchi
there were one hundred vessels
and every
vessel weighed a talent
and so Aben Ezra
which
with Brerewood {b}
was three
hundred and seventy five pounds:
and of gold one hundred talents;
which
according to Scheuchzer F3
were equal to 1
222
000 ducats of gold; the value of gold now is above 14 and a
3d to the value of silver
by which may be judged the difference between one
hundred talents of gold and one hundred talents of silver; according to David
de Pomis F4
there were two sorts of talents; common talents
which weighed sixty pounds
and the talent of the sanctuary
which weighed double to that.
FOOTNOTES:
F1 Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 651.
F2 De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
F3 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 651.)
F4 Tzemach David
fol. 57. 3.
Ezra
8:27 twenty
gold basins worth a thousand drachmas
and two vessels of fine polished
bronze
precious as gold.
YLT and basins of gold
twenty
of a thousand drams
and two vessels of good shining brass
desirable
as gold.
Also twenty basins of gold
of a thousand drams
Which were upwards of 1000 pounds of our money; for Bishop Cumberland says {e}
the Persian "daric"
"drachma"
or "drachm"
weighed twenty shillings and four pence; and
according to Dr. Bernard
it
exceeded one of our guineas by two grains
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:7)
and two vessels of fine copper
precious as gold;
which perhaps is the same with the Indian or Persian brass Aristotle F6
speaks of
which is so bright and pure
and free from rust
that it cannot be
known by its colour from gold
and that there are among the cups of Darius such
as cannot be discerned whether they are brass or gold but by the smell: the
Syriac version interprets it by Corinthian brass
which was a mixture of gold
silver
and copper
made when Corinth was burnt
and which is exceeding
valuable; of which Pliny F7
makes three sorts
very precious
and of which he says
it is in value next to
and even before silver
and almost before gold; but this sort of brass was not
as yet in being: Kimchi F8
interprets the word here of its colour
being next to the colour of gold.
FOOTNOTES:
F5 Scripture Weights and Measures
ch. 4. p. 115.
F6 De Mirabilibus
p. 704
vol. 1.
F7 Nat. Hist. l. 34. c. 1
2.
F8 Sepher Shorash. rad. (bhu)
.
Ezra
8:28 And
I said to them
“You are holy to the Lord; the articles are
holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your
fathers.
YLT And I say unto them
`Ye
[are] holy to Jehovah
and the vessels [are] holy
and the silver and the gold
[are] a willing-offering to Jehovah
God of your fathers;
And I said unto them
ye are holy unto the Lord
the vessels are
holy also
As they were dedicated and set apart to holy service
so the vessels were
sacred to holy uses
and therefore not to be converted to any other:
and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord
God of your fathers:
and therefore not to be made use of but in his service.
Ezra
8:29 Watch
and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the
priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in
Jerusalem
in the chambers of the house of the Lord.”
YLT watch
and keep
till ye
weigh before the heads of the priests
and of the Levites
and the heads of the
fathers of Israel
in Jerusalem
in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.'
Watch ye
and keep them
The vessels
the gold
and the silver
that they be not hurt and diminished:
until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the
Levites
and chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem
in the chambers of
the house of the Lord:
that is
until they had delivered them in full weight
as they had received
them
in the presence of those persons as witnesses
and into their hands
in
order to be laid up in the chambers and treasuries of the temple.
Ezra
8:30 So
the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles
by weight
to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
YLT And the priests and the
Levites took the weight of the silver
and of the gold
and of the vessels
to
bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
So took the priests and the Levites
The twelve priests and twelve Levites
mentioned in ( Ezra
8:24 )
the weight of the silver and the gold
and the vessels
to bring
them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God;
this they undertook to do
and did.
Ezra
8:31 Then
we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first
month
to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us
and He
delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.
YLT And we journey from the
river Ahava
on the twelfth of the first month
to go to Jerusalem
and the
hand of our God hath been upon us
and He delivereth us from the hand of the
enemy and the lier in wait by the way;
Then we departed from the river of Ahava
on the twelfth day of
the first month
to go unto Jerusalem
The month Nisan
answering to part of March and part of April; this was two
days before the passover began:
and the hand of our God was upon us;
guiding
directing
and protecting them by his providence:
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy
and of such as lay
in wait by the way;
either by intimidating them
that they dared not attack them
or by directing
them to take a different road
whereby they escaped them
see ( Ezra
8:22 ) .
Ezra
8:32 So
we came to Jerusalem
and stayed there three days.
YLT and we come in to
Jerusalem
and dwell there three days.
And we came to Jerusalem
and abode there three days.
Before they went about any business
delivered what was committed to them for
the use of the temple
and the commissions to the king's officers; as it was
but proper they should have some rest after such a fatiguing journey.
Ezra
8:33 Now
on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the
house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest
and with
him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites
Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui
YLT And on the fourth day
hath been weighed the silver
and the gold
and the vessels
in the house of
our God
unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest
and with him
Eleazar son of Phinehas
and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua
and Noadiah son
of Binnui
the Levites:
Now on the fourth day
After their arrival at Jerusalem:
was the silver
and the gold
and the vessels
weighed in the
house of our God;
the temple
that it might be seen and known that the exact weight which had
been deposited with them was now faithfully delivered:
this was done by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest
and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;
these were priests:
and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua
and Noadiah the son
of Binnui
Levites;
two priests and two Levites; for since there were of both that were charged
with the above things
it was proper there should be some of both
when
weighed
that they might be witnesses of their fidelity.
Ezra
8:34 with
the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at
that time.
YLT by number
by weight of
every one
and all the weight is written at that time.
By number and by weight of everyone
They were delivered in by tale and weight
which exactly agreed to the number
and weight in which they received them:
and all the weight was written at that time;
an account was taken in writing
and laid up
that it might not only be known
hereafter what freewill offerings had been made in Babylon
but that it might
be a voucher for the fidelity and integrity of those that brought them
should
it ever be called in question.
Ezra
8:35 The
children of those who had been carried away captive
who had come from the
captivity
offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all
Israel
ninety-six rams
seventy-seven lambs
and twelve male goats as a
sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
YLT Those coming in of the
captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the God
of Israel
bullocks twelve
for all Israel
rams ninety and six
lambs seventy
and seven
young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve -- the whole a
burnt-offering to Jehovah;
Also the children of those that had been carried away
which were
come out of the captivity
Namely
those that now came along with Ezra:
offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel;
by way of thankfulness for their deliverance from captivity
and for their safe
journey:
twelve bullocks for all Israel:
according to the number of the tribes; and there might be some of every tribe
that now came up:
ninety and six rams
seventy and seven lambs;
these and the bullocks were burnt offerings:
twelve he goats for a sin offering;
according to the number of the twelve tribes
also to make atonement for sins
they had been guilty of:
all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord;
excepting the twelve he goats
which were a sin offering.
Ezra
8:36 And
they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in
the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the
house of God.
YLT and they give the laws
of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river
and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants
and to the governors on this side the river
The governors of the provinces of Syria
Palestine
and Judea
which were on
that side of Euphrates the land of Israel was:
and they furthered the people
and the house of God;
or "lifted them up" F9
eased them of all burdens
and freed them from all impediments
and assisted
them and furnished them with everything
as the decree of Artaxerxes enjoined
them; and provided everything as they required for ornamenting the temple
and
for the sacrifices of it; all which is to be understood of the king's
lieutenants and governors
who obeyed his commands.
FOOTNOTES:
F9 (wavnw)
"elevaverunt"
V. L. Piscator; "exaltaverunt"
Pagninus
Montanus
Vatablus; "sublevarunt"
Junius & Tremellius.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New
King James Version (NKJV)
a.
Ezra 8:5 Following
Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint reads the sons of Zatho
Shechaniah.
b.
Ezra 8:10
Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint reads the sons of Banni
Shelomith.
c.Ezra 8:17
Following Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads to Iddo his brother; Septuagint
reads to their brethren.