Parallel Verses English Standard Version Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men. King James Bible Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. American Standard Version And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. Douay-Rheims Bible Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men. English Revised Version And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. Webster's Bible Translation Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. Ezra 8:6 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThis royal commission granted to the Jews all they could possibly desire from the heathen governors of the country, for the establishment and furtherance of their civil and religious polity. By granting these privileges, Artaxerxes was not only treading in the footsteps of Cyrus and Darius Hystaspes, but even going beyond these princes in granting to the Jews a jurisdiction of their own. Without a magistrate who was one of themselves, the Jewish community could not well prosper in their own land; for the social and religious life of Israel were so closely connected, that heathen magistrates, however well-intentioned, were incapable of exercising a beneficial influence upon the welfare of the Jews. Hence Ezra, having thus reported the royal commission, adds a thanksgiving to God for having put such a thing into the king's heart, namely, to beautify the house of the Lord, and for having granted him favour before the king and his counsellors. The sentence הטּה ועלי הטּה e is a continuation of the preceding infinitive sentence in the tempus finit. ל before כּל־שׂרי is the ל comprehensive. Ezra names the beautifying of the house of God as the occasion of his thanksgiving, not only because this formed the chief matter of the royal favour, but also because the re-establishment of divine worship was the re-establishment of the moral and religious life of the community. "And I felt myself strengthened, and gathered together (so that I gathered together) the heads of Israel to go up with me (to Jerusalem)." Ezra assembled the heads, i.e., of houses, as fellow-travellers, because their decision would be a rule for the families at the head of which they stood. With their heads, the several races and families determined to return to the land of their fathers. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Adin Ezra 2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. Nehemiah 7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. Cross References Ezra 2:15 The sons of Adin, 454. Ezra 8:5 Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men. Ezra 8:7 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men. Nehemiah 7:20 The sons of Adin, 655. Nehemiah 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, Jump to Previous Adin Children Descendants Ebed Fifty Jonathan MalesJump to Next Adin Children Descendants Ebed Fifty Jonathan MalesLinks Ezra 8:6 NIVEzra 8:6 NLT Ezra 8:6 ESV Ezra 8:6 NASB Ezra 8:6 KJV Ezra 8:6 Bible Apps Ezra 8:6 Biblia Paralela Ezra 8:6 Chinese Bible Ezra 8:6 French Bible Ezra 8:6 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |