Ezra 8:1 “These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who retur…”

Ezra 8:1

These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

American Standard Version

Now these are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

Geneva Bible 1599

These are now the chiefe fathers of them, and the genealogie of them that came vp with mee from Babel, in the reigne of King Artahshashte.

Darby Translation

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.

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Cross references

“the chief”

Ezra 1:5 1 Chronicles 9:34 1 Chronicles 24:31 1 Chronicles 26:32 2 Chronicles 26:12 Nehemiah 7:70

Ezra 1:5 · BSB

So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:34 · BSB

All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 24:31 · BSB

As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger broth…

1 Chronicles 26:32 · BSB

Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the…

2 Chronicles 26:12 · BSB

The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.

Nehemiah 7:70 · BSB

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

“genealogy”

Ezra 2:62 1 Chronicles 4:33 1 Chronicles 9:1

Ezra 2:62 · BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

1 Chronicles 4:33 · BSB

and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

1 Chronicles 9:1 · BSB

So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

“them that went up”

Ezra 7:7 Ezra 7:13

Ezra 7:7 · BSB

So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

Ezra 7:13 · BSB

I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush

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