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Ezra 8:13

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from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 13

This chapter gives us a more particular narrative of Ezra's journey to Jerusalem, of which we had a general account in the foregoing chapter I. The company that went up with him (v. 1-20). II. The solemn fast which he kept with his company, to implore God's presence with them in this journey (Ezr 8:21-23). III. The care he took of the treasure he had with him, and the charge he gave concerning it to the priests, to whose custody he committed it (Ezr 8:24-30). IV. The care God took of him and his company in the way (Ezr 8:31). V. Their safe arrival at Jerusalem, where they delivered their treasure to the priests (Ezr 8:32-34), their commissions to the kings lieutenants (Ezr 8:36), offered sacrifices to God (Ezr 8:35), and then applied to their business.

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Strong's Concordancev. 13

אַחֲרוֹן (ʼachărôwn, H314) — hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… אֲדֹנִיקָם (ʼĂdônîyqâm, H140) — Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) — an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority,… אֱלִיפֶלֶט (ʼĔlîypheleṭ, H467) — Eliphelet or Elpelet, the name of six Israelites יְעִיאֵל (Yᵉʻîyʼêl, H3273) — Jeiel, the name of six Israelites שְׁמַעְיָה (Shᵉmaʻyâh, H8098) — Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, H8346) — sixty זָכָר (zâkâr, H2145) — properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

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Nehemiah 7:18rank 2

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