Ezra 10:15 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 10:15

(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

KJV

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Some translate it: “Nevertheless, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this.” The opposition was useless Ezr 10:16.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֣ךְ	'akh	only	H389 →
יוֹנָתָ֧ן	yo.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3129 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל	'a.sa.h.'El	Asahel	H6214 →
וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה	ve.yach.ze.Yah	and Jahzeiah	H3167 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
תִּקְוָ֖ה	tik.Vah	Tikvah	H8616 →
עָמְד֣וּ	'a.me.Du	they stood	H5975 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
זֹ֑את	Zot	this	H2063 →
וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם	u.me.shu.Lam	and Meshullam	H4918 →
וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י	ve.sha.be.Tai	and Shabbethai	H7678 →
הַלֵּוִ֖י	ha.le.Vi	the Levite[s]	H3881 →
עֲזָרֻֽם׃	'a.za.Rum	they supported them	H5826 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 3:6
The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
leads to
- Nehemiah 12:39
  over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of…
Through
Nehemiah 11:16
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:20
  Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 1 Chronicles 26:29
  From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:7
  The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Ezra 8:33
  On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas…
- Acts 6:2–3
  So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Through
Nehemiah 12:33
along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
leads to
- Nehemiah 10:2–7
  Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,