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Ezra 10:28

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From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Ezra 10:28 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
  • KJV Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
  • NKJV of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
  • NASB and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
  • NLT From the family of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

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Quick answer

Four men from the family of Bebai are named among the offenders. The list of guilty Israelites continues.

Overview

The record names members of yet another household, the sons of Bebai, who had taken foreign wives. Each addition reinforces how thoroughly the community examined itself. The honesty of the list, sparing no family, reflects sincere repentance that refuses to hide or excuse wrongdoing.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Ezra 2:11the descendants of Bebai, 623;
  • Ezra 8:11from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
  • Neh 7:16the descendants of Bebai, 628;

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (9)
AMMONITESAMORITESATHLAIBEBAIDECISIONHANANIAHJEBUSITESJEHOHANANZABBAI

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The return from exile and the rebuilt altar keep alive the hope of a greater restoration — the true return from our deeper exile of sin accomplished by Christ.

How Ezra 10:28 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Of the sonsבֵּןalso of BebaiבֵּבַיJehohananיְהוֹחָנָןHananiahחֲנַנְיָהZabbaiזַכַּיand Athlaiעַתְלַי
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