Matthew Henry · Verses 1–20
Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of being spoken to!
Ezra 8:1
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:
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WEBBE
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:
BSB
These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
KJV
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.
ASV
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:
BBE
Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.
Original Hebrew
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וְאֵלֶּה
ve·'e·leh
and these
H428
רָאשֵׁי
ra·shei
[are] [the] heads of
H7218
אֲבֹתֵיהֶם
'a·vo·tei·hem
fathers their
H1
וְהִתְיַחְשָׂם
ve·hit·yach·sam
and recording genealogy they
H3187
הָעֹלִים
ha·'o·lim
who came up
H5927
עִמִּי
'i·mi
with me
H5973
בְּמַלְכוּת
be·mal·khut
in [the] reign of
H4438
אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא
'ar·tach·shast'
Artaxerxes
H783
הַמֶּלֶךְ
ha·me·lekh
the king
H4428
מִבָּבֶל ס
mi·ba·vel
from Babylon
H894
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