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Ezra 8:1

ArtaxerxesBabylonia
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.

2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

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BSB
These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
KJV
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.
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:
ASV
Now these are the heads of their fathers` [houses], and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
DARBY
And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
BLB
And these [are] the heads of their fathers and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon:
ÅB
Dette er de familiehoder som under kong Artaxerxes' regjering dro opp med meg fra Babel, og som her skal oppregnes etter sine slekter:
OTB
Dette er overhodene for familiene og slektsregistrene til dem som dro opp med meg fra Babylon i kong Artaxerxes' regjeringstid:
B1930
Dette er de familiehoder som under kong Artaxerxes' regjering drog op med mig fra Babel, og som her skal opregnes efter sine ætter:

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  • Ezra 7:7

    And 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:1

    So 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.

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  • Ezra 7:13

    I 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.

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  • Nehemiah 7:70–71

    And 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.

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  • Ezra 1:5

    Then 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:34

    These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:31

    These 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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  • 1 Chronicles 26:32

    And 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.

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