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Ezra 8:14 KJV
Ezra · chapter 8 · verse 14
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.Ezra 8:14 · King James Version
Ezra 8:14 in context
12And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
13And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15And 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.
16Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- seventyshibʻîymseventyH7657 →
- BigvaiBigvayBigvai, an IsraeliteH902 →
- ZabbudZabbûwdZabbud, an IsraeliteH2072 →
- ZabbudZakkûwrZakkur, the name of seven IsraelitesH2139 →
- UthaiʻÛwthayUthai, the name of two IsraelitesH5793 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa 11:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20