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.
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Gill's Exposition
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them,.... Which follows from hence to the end of Ezr 8:14,
that went up with me from Babylon; with Ezra the priest and scribe,…
Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa 11:12. "Whoever of the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Ezr 8:1-20. The List of those that went up with Ezra to Jerusalem
(a) 1 14. List of the Heads of Fathers" Houses, accompanying Ezra
1. Theseare now the chief of their fathers R.V. Now these are the…
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