Ezra 8:1 · 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.”
— Ezra 8:1
Ezra 8 — Context
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.
2Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
3Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Cross References
Ezra 7:7
And there went up {some} of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Ezra 7:13
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and {of} his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
1 Chronicles 26:32
And his brethren, men of valour, {were} two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. {affairs: Heb. thing}
1 Chronicles 24:31
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
1 Chronicles 4:33
And all their villages that {were} round about the same cities, unto Baal. These {were} their habitations, and their genealogy. {Baal: or, Baalathbeer} {their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them}
1 Chronicles 9:34
These chief fathers of the Levites {were} chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 7:70-71
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. {some: Heb. part.} {the Tirshatha: or, the governor}
2 Chronicles 26:12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour {were} two thousand and six hundred.