and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- KJV And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- BSB From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- NKJV of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- NLT From the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
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Quick answer
Six men from the priestly family of Pashhur are recorded among the guilty. The list of erring priests concludes here.
Overview
The final group of priests involved in foreign marriages is named, completing the record of compromise among the priesthood. The detailed roll preserves the historical reality of the repentance and the men who participated in it. That so many priests required naming magnifies both the seriousness of the failure and the grace that allowed restoration through repentance.
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Chr 9:12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
- Neh 7:41The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
- Ezra 2:38The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
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