These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
- BSB These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- NKJV These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- NASB Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- NLT Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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Quick answer
Ezra records the family heads who returned with him from Babylon under Artaxerxes. God remembers and names those who answer His call.
Overview
This verse opens a register of the clan leaders who joined Ezra's journey, written in his own first-person voice. Such lists, though detailed, show that God values each individual and household who responds to His work. The careful record honors the faith of those willing to leave Babylon and return to serve God in Jerusalem.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ezra 7:7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
- 2 Chr 26:12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
- 1 Chr 9:1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
- Neh 7:70–71And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
- 1 Chr 26:32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
- 1 Chr 9:34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
- Ezra 7:13I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
- Ezra 2:62These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
- 1 Chr 4:33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
- Ezra 1:5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chr 24:31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
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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.
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