Ezra 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 3:9

So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

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ASV

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

KJV

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

LETTER 236.2 (379)

When Jerusalem was demolished by Nebuchadnezzar, the kingdom was destroyed, and no longer were there hereditary successions to the sovereignty as formerly; at that time, moreover, being out of power, the posterity of David were living in captivity. But, when the followers of Salathiel and Zerubbabel returned, they led the people more democratically, transferring the rule henceforth to the priesthood because of the intermingling of the priestly and royal tribes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then stood Jeshua, with his sons,.... Not Jeshua the high priest before mentioned, but Jeshua the Levite, Ezr 2:40, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together; the same with Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40 to set forward the workmen in the house of God; to give them orders to begin and lay the foundation, and hasten and animate them to it: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites: two of this man's sons are mentioned in Neh 3:18.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Jeshua - See the marginal reference. Not the high priest, but the head of one of the two Levitical houses which had returned. Together - The Hebrew phrase is very emphatic - “they stood up as one man.”

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד	vai.ya.'a.Mod	and he stood	H5975 →
יֵשׁ֡וּעַ	ye.Shu.a'	Jeshua	H3442 →
בָּנָ֣יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וְ֠אֶחָיו	Ve.'e.chav	and brothers his	H251 →
קַדְמִיאֵ֨ל	kad.mi.'El	Kadmiel	H6934 →
וּבָנָ֤יו	u.va.Nav	and sons his	H1121 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
כְּאֶחָ֔ד	ke.'e.Chad	as one	H259 →
לְנַצֵּ֛חַ	le.na.Tze.ach	to act as overseers	H5329 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
עֹשֵׂ֥ה	'o.Seh	[the] doer of	H6213 →
הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה	ha.me.la.Khah	the work	H4399 →
בְּבֵ֣ית	be.Veit	on [the] house of	H1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים ס	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
בְּנֵי֙	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
חֵֽנָדָ֔ד	che.na.Dad	Henadad	H2582 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם	be.nei.Hem	sons their	H1121 →
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם	va.'a.chei.Hem	and brothers their	H251 →
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →

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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
Ezra 3:8
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including…
leads to
- Ezra 4:3
  But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the…
- 1 Chronicles 23:4
  “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
- 1 Chronicles 23:24–32
  These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
- Numbers 4:3
  men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
Through
Nehemiah 7:43
The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
leads to
- Ezra 2:40
  The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.
- Nehemiah 3:9
  Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
Through
Ezra 2:40
The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.
leads to
- Nehemiah 7:43
  The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezra

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezra