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Ezra 3:9

HenadadHodevahJeshuaKadmiel

7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.

So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

10 When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

11 And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

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BSB
So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
KJV
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
WEB
Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
ASV
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
DARBY
And Jeshua stood up, his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, as one [man], to superintend the workmen in the house of God; [also] the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brethren, the Levites.
BLB
And Jeshua arose, [and] his sons and brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Judah), as one, to oversee upon those doing the work in the house of God—the sons of Henadad, [and] their sons and their brothers the Levites.
ÅB
Og Josva med sine sønner og brødre og Kadmiel med sine sønner, Hodavjas etterkommere, sto alle som én og hadde tilsyn med dem som utførte arbeidet på Guds hus; og det samme gjorde Henadads etterkommere med sine sønner og brødre, som også hørte til levittene.
OTB
Jesjua og hans sønner og brødre, sammen med Kadmiel og hans sønner, sønnene av Hodavja, og sønnene av Henadad med deres sønner og brødre—alle levitter—sluttet seg sammen for å føre tilsyn med dem som arbeidet på Guds hus.
B1930
Og Josva med sine sønner og brødre og Kadmiel med sine sønner, Hodavjas efterkommere, stod alle som én og hadde tilsyn med dem som utførte arbeidet på Guds hus; og det samme gjorde Henadads efterkommere med sine sønner og brødre, som også hørte til levittene.

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  • Ezra 2:40

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah ), 74.

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  • Nehemiah 7:43

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah ), 74.

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  • Ezra 3:8

    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.

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