Ezra 8:5
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
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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…
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The Hebrew text gives Shechaniah as the house, but fails to give the name of its representative. -Shecaniah" does not occur in the other lists as the name of a house. The text of 1 Esdr. has -of the…