Ezra 8:1-18 ▼

1 These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon (confusion by mixing) during the reign of King Artaxerxes (I will make the spoiled to boil):

2 from the descendants of Phinehas (mouth of brass), Gershom (foreigner); from the descendants of Ithamar (coast of palms), Daniel (God is my judge); from the descendants of David (beloved), Hattush (assembled)

3 of the descendants of Shecaniah (dweller with YHWH); from the descendants of Parosh (flea), Zechariah (YHWH remembers), and with him were registered 150 men;

4 from the descendants of Pahath-Moab (pit of Moab), Eliehoenai (unto YHWH are my eyes) son of Zerahiah (YHWH has risen), and with him 200 men;

5 from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah (dweller with YHWH) son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

6 from the descendants of Adin (delicate), Ebed (servant) son of Jonathan (YHWH has given), and with him 50 men;

7 from the descendants of Elam (eternity), Jeshaiah (YHWH has saved) son of Athaliah (afflicted of YHWH), and with him 70 men;

8 from the descendants of Shephatiah (YHWH has judged), Zebadiah (endowment of YHWH) son of Michael (who is like God), and with him 80 men;

9 from the descendants of Joab (YHWH is father), Obadiah (servant of YHWH) son of Jehiel (God lives), and with him 218 men;

10 from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith (peaceful) son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

11 from the descendants of Bebai (my cavities), Zechariah (YHWH remembers) son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

12 from the descendants of Azgad (Gad is mighty), Johanan (YHWH has graced) son of Hakkatan (the small), and with him 110 men;

13 from the later (the last) descendants of Adonikam (my lord arose), these were their names: Eliphelet (God is deliverance), Jeiel (God sweeps away), and Shemaiah (heard by YHWH), and with them 60 men;

14 and from the descendants of Bigvai (in my bodies), both Uthai (helpful) and Zaccur [Zabbud], and with them 70 men.

15 Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava (I shall subsist), and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

16 Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer (God is my helper), Ariel (lion of God), Shemaiah (heard by YHWH), Elnathan (Elnathan), Jarib (he contends), Elnathan (God has given), Nathan (giver), Zechariah (YHWH remembers), and Meshullam (friend), as well as the teachers Joiarib (YHWH contends) and Elnathan.

17 And I sent them to Iddo (I will praise him), the leader at Casiphia (silvery), with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants \the Nethinim/ at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God {Elohenu}.

18 And since the gracious hand of our God {Elohenu} was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah (YHWH has scorched)—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli (sick) son of Levi, the son of Israel (he wrestles with God)—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;