Those Returning with Ezra

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

Gershom, from Phinehas’s descendants;

Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;

Hattush, from David’s descendants,

who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;(B)

Zechariah, from Parosh’s(C) descendants,

and 150 men[a] with him who were registered by genealogy;

Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah

from Pahath-moab’s descendants,(D)

and 200 men with him;

Shecaniah[b] son of Jahaziel

from Zattu’s descendants,

and 300 men with him;

Ebed son of Jonathan

from Adin’s descendants,(E)

and 50 men with him;

Jeshaiah son of Athaliah

from Elam’s descendants,

and 70 men with him;

Zebadiah son of Michael

from Shephatiah’s descendants,

and 80 men with him;

Obadiah son of Jehiel

from Joab’s descendants,

and 218 men with him;

10 Shelomith[c] son of Josiphiah

from Bani’s descendants,

and 160 men with him;

11 Zechariah son of Bebai

from Bebai’s descendants,

and 28 men with him;

12 Johanan son of Hakkatan

from Azgad’s descendants,

and 110 men with him;

13 these are the last ones, from Adonikam’s descendants,(F)

and their names are

Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,

and 60 men with them;

14 Uthai and Zaccur[d]

from Bigvai’s descendants,

and 70 men with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:3 Or males; also in vv. 4–14
  2. 8:5 LXX, 1 Esdras 8:32; MT reads the descendants of Shecaniah
  3. 8:10 Some LXX mss, 1 Esdras 8:36; MT reads the descendants of Shelomith
  4. 8:14 Alt Hb tradition, some LXX mss read Zabud

Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra

These are their family heads, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of King Artaxerxes: Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom. Of Ithamar, Daniel. Of David, Hattush,(A) of the descendants of Shecaniah. Of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered one hundred fifty males.(B) Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. Of the descendants of Zattu,[a] Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. Of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males. Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen males. 10 Of the descendants of Bani,[b] Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred sixty males. 11 Of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males. 12 Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred ten males. 13 Of the descendants of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males. 14 Of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them seventy males.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.5 Gk: Heb lacks of Zattu
  2. 8.10 Gk: Heb lacks Bani