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Ezra 8:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. "
Ezra 8:5
Verse in Context
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Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
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Ezra 8:1
"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."
Ezra 8:2
"Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush."
Ezra 8:3
"Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty."
Ezra 8:4
"Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males."
Ezra 8:6
"Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males."
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