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Ezra 8:16 KJV
Ezra · chapter 8 · verse 16 · King James Version
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.Ezra 8:16 · King James Version
Ezra 8:16 in context
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.
17And 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, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Key words (Strong's)
- ZechariahZᵉkaryâhZecarjah, the name of twenty-nine IsraelitesH2148 →
- MeshullamMᵉshullâmMeshullam, the name of seventeen IsraelitesH4918 →
- ShemaiahShᵉmaʻyâhShemajah, the name of twenty-five IsraelitesH8098 →
- ElnathanʼElnâthânElnathan, the name of four IsraelitesH494 →
- EliezerʼĔlîyʻezerEliezer, the name of a Damascene and of ten IsraelitesH461 →
- JoiaribYôwyârîybJojarib, the name of four IsraelitesH3114 →
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