Ezra 8:3-14 to Ezra 2:3-20 · The Hyperlinked Bible

Ezra 8:3-14 → Ezra 2:3-20

Echo

Later text

of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men; from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men; from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men; from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men; from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men; from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men; from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men; from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men; from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men; from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men; from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men; and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.

Earlier text

Ezra 2:3-20BSB

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; the descendants of Arah, 775; the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812; the descendants of Elam, 1,254; the descendants of Zattu, 945; the descendants of Zaccai, 760; the descendants of Bani, 642; the descendants of Bebai, 623; the descendants of Azgad, 1,222; the descendants of Adonikam, 666; the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056; the descendants of Adin, 454; the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; the descendants of Bezai, 323; the descendants of Jorah, 112; the descendants of Hashum, 223; the descendants of Gibbar, 95;

Significance

Ezra 8:3-14 lists the family heads who returned with Ezra in the second wave of return, and many of the same family names appear in the first return census of Ezra 2:3-20 (Parosh, Pahath-moab, Zettu/Zattu, Adin, Elam, Shephatiah, Joab, Bani/Bebai, Azgad, Adonikam, Bigvai). The overlap of clan names demonstrates that both waves drew from the same extended families, with some members returning under Zerubbabel and others decades later under Ezra. This genealogical continuity between the two return movements establishes that the post-exilic community maintained family identity throughout the exile and organized its restoration around ancestral clan structures.

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Reference Type

Echo

Connection Method(s)

Redemptive-Historical Progression — the one return from exile unfolds in stages through the same families: the clans registered under Zerubbabel (Parosh, Pahath-moab, Zattu, Adin, Elam, Shephatiah, Joab, Bani, Bebai, Azgad, Adonikam, Bigvai) send further members with Ezra decades later, the remnant community's restoration progressing wave by wave.