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The List of Family Heads Who Returned With Ezra

These are the heads of their families who went up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes, listed according to their registration in the genealogy:

from the descendants of Phinehas: Gershom,
    from the descendants of Ithamar: Daniel,
    from the descendants of David: Hattush from the sons of Shekaniah,[a]
    from the descendants of Parosh: Zechariah, also registered with him in the genealogy were 150 males,
    from the descendants of Pahath Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him were 200 males,
    from the descendants of Zattu:[b] Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him were 300 males,
    and from the descendants of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him were 50 males,
    and from the descendants of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him were 70 males,
    and from the descendants of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him were 80 males,
    from the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him were 218 males,
10 and from the descendants of Bani:[c] Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him were 160 males,
11 and from the descendants of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him were 28 males,
12 and from the descendants of Azgad: Jonathan son of Hakkatan, and with him were 110 males,
13 and from the descendants of Adonikam—they were the last descendants[d]—these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them were 60 males,
14 and from the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai and Zakkur,[e] and with him were 70 males.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:3 It is uncertain if this phrase completes the previous verse, or if it is a new group with no personal name specified.
  2. Ezra 8:5 Zattu is supplied from the Greek text.
  3. Ezra 8:10 Bani is supplied from the Greek.
  4. Ezra 8:13 Or those who came later
  5. Ezra 8:14 The translation follows the Hebrew reading from the margin and some ancient versions. The main Hebrew reading is Zabud.