Ezra 8:14 — Meaning and Application

And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. {the son...: or, the youngest son}

And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names {are} these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. {Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read}

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. {abode: or, pitched}

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.