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Ezra 8:19

in Ezra 8

also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

KJV

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

This verse in Ezra 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,.... These were of the same division of Levites as Sherebiah: his brethren and their sons, twenty; these thirty eight, with those they came with, were all Levites; the Nethinims follow.

This site's exposition

the good hand of our God

on Ezra 8:18-20

The good hand of our God upon us: the chapter states outright what the recruiting depended on, and the men who answer, Sherebiah with eighteen kinsmen and Hashabiah with Jeshaiah and twenty more, are credited to that hand before they are credited to Ezra's asking. This is the first of three times the formula appears in this single chapter, verses 18, 22 and 31, out of seven occurrences in the whole of Scripture, all seven in Ezra and Nehemiah. Two hundred and twenty Nethinims, temple servants appointed since David's day, complete the company, every one expressed by name, so the roll that opened in absence at verse fifteen closes in abundance five verses later.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Ezra 8:16-20

The deputation was despatched to Iddo, who was a prince or chief of the Nethinims--for the Persian government allowed the Hebrews during their exile to retain their ecclesiastical government by their own chiefs, as well as to enjoy the privilege of free worship.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • חֲשַׁבְיָ֔הHashabiah

    chashavyahH2811

  • וְאִתּ֥וֹand with him

    veitoH854

  • יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖הJeshaiah

    yesha'yahH3470

  • מִבְּנֵ֣יone of [the] descendants of

    mibeneiH11214930 times

  • מְרָרִ֑יMerari

    merariH4847

  • אֶחָ֥יוbrothers his

    ʾechavH251630 times

  • וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םand sons their

    uveneihemH11214930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ סtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242315 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 6:16

      These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 46:11

      The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    • Numbers 26:57

      Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:6

      Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:19

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

    it leads to

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:17

    Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:44

      Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 10:11

    Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 11:15

      From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.