Verse 16

Ezra 8:16

King James Version

16 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶשְׁלְחָ֡/ה לֶ/אֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר לַ/אֲרִיאֵ֡ל לִֽ֠/שְׁמַעְיָה וּ/לְ/אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּ/לְ/יָרִ֜יב וּ/לְ/אֶלְנָתָ֧ן וּ/לְ/נָתָ֛ן וְ/לִ/זְכַרְיָ֥ה וְ/לִ/מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם רָאשִׁ֑ים וּ/לְ/יוֹיָרִ֥יב וּ/לְ/אֶלְנָתָ֖ן מְבִינִֽים
English Translation
And I will send to Eliezer, to Ariel, to Shemaiah, and to El Nathan, and to Yariv, and to El Nathan, and to Nathan, and to Zechariah, and to Meshullam, the leaders, and to Yoyariv, and to El Nathan, understanding ones.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me fr... Focus ↗
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. Focus ↗
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealog... Focus ↗
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. Focus ↗
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. Focus ↗
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. Focus ↗
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. Focus ↗
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. Focus ↗
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. Focus ↗
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. Focus ↗
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. Focus ↗
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. Focus ↗
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with th... Focus ↗
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. Focus ↗
15 And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three d... Focus ↗
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,...
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what the... Focus ↗
18 And by the good hand of our God (Elohim) upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons... Focus ↗
19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; Focus ↗
20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two... Focus ↗
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our Go... Focus ↗
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enem... Focus ↗
23 So we fasted and besought our God (Elohim) for this: and he was intreated of us. Focus ↗
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren... Focus ↗
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of o... Focus ↗
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundre... Focus ↗
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. Focus ↗
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the g... Focus ↗
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and ch... Focus ↗
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to brin... Focus ↗
31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusale... Focus ↗
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. Focus ↗
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God (E... Focus ↗
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. Focus ↗
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered... Focus ↗
36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this... Focus ↗