“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.” Historical…

“And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims,…

“Ezra 8:4 (KJV): And of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.” In order to better understand this verse and its significance within…

“Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.” Historical…

“Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for…

“Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.” Context: The book of Ezra records the events surrounding the return of the Israelites…

“For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the…

“And of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.” Ezra 8:9 (KJV): Context:The book of Ezra is a historical book…

“And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.” Context:The book of Ezra describes the return of the Jewish exiles from…

“And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.” Ezra 8:12 (KJV): The book of Ezra describes the return of…