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Brenton's Septuagint

Ezra 2:36

And the priests, the sons of Jedua, belonging to the house of Jesus, were nine hundred and seventy-three.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jedaiah;   Jeshua;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Jehoiarib;   Jeshua;   Priest;   Zacharias;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Captivity;   Jedaiah (1);   Jehoiarib;   Jeshua;   Levites;   Nethinim;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Hodaviah;   Jedaiah;   Jeshua;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addus;   Ammidioi;   Eneneus;   Ezra, Book of;   Jedaiah;   Jeddu;   Jeshua;   Jesus;   Kilan;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Ozias;   Priests and Levites;   Sanasib;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abijah ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jedaiah ;   Jeshua, Jeshuah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;   Levites;   Priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jedai'ah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Jedaiah;   Jeshua;   Law in the Old Testament;   Priests and Levites;   Sanasib;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The priests included
Hebrew Names Version
The Kohanim: the children of Yedayah, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
King James Version
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
English Standard Version
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973.
New Century Version
These are the priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)—973;
New English Translation
The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;
Amplified Bible
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
New American Standard Bible
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
World English Bible
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Priests: of the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three:
Legacy Standard Bible
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
Berean Standard Bible
The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
Contemporary English Version
Here is a list of how many returned from each family of priests: 973 descendants of Jeshua from the family of Jedaiah; 1,052 from the family of Immer; 1,247 from the family of Pashhur; and 1,017 from the family of Harim.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the priests: the descendants of Jedaiah through the family of Jeshua 973
George Lamsa Translation
The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Joshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
Literal Translation
The priests: The sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy three.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The prestes. The children of Iedaia of the house of Iesua, nyne hundreth and thre and seuentye:
American Standard Version
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Bible in Basic English
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The priestes: of the children of Iedaia of the house of Iesua, nine hundred seuentie and three.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
King James Version (1611)
The Priests. The children of Iedaiah, of the house of Ieshua, nine hundred, seuentie and three.
English Revised Version
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
preestis, the sones of Idaie, in the hows of Jesue, nyne hundrid and thre and seuenti;
Update Bible Version
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Webster's Bible Translation
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
New King James Version
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
New Living Translation
These are the priests who returned from exile:
The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua) 973
New Life Bible
The religious leaders: 973 sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua,
New Revised Standard
The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The priests, The sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The priests: the children of Jadaia of the house of Josue, nine hundred seventy-three.
Revised Standard Version
The priests: the sons of Jedai'ah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
Young's Literal Translation
The Priests: sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;

Contextual Overview

36 And the priests, the sons of Jedua, belonging to the house of Jesus, were nine hundred and seventy-three. 37 The children of Emmer, a thousand and fifty-two. 38 The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven. 39 The children of Erem, a thousand and seven. 40 And the Levites, the sons of Jesus and Cadmiel, belonging to the sons of Oduia, seventy-four. 41 The sons of Asaph, singers, a hundred and twenty-eight. 42 The children of the porters, the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sobai, in all a hundred and thirty-nine. 43 The Nathinim: the children of Suthia, the children of Asupha, the children of Tabaoth, 44 the sons of Cades, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon, 45 the children of Labano, the children of Agaba, the sons of Acub,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jedaiah: 1 Chronicles 9:10, 1 Chronicles 24:7

Jeshua: Ezra 3:9, Nehemiah 7:39

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 24:11 - Jeshuah Ezra 7:24 - touching any Nehemiah 10:28 - the rest Nehemiah 11:10 - Jedaiah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 36-39. The priests,.... An account of them is given in this and the three following verses, and only four families are mentioned, those of Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur, and Harim, and the number of them amounted to 4289; these, according to the Jews, were heads of four courses, which were all that returned from Babylon u.

u T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 68. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. The priests — The preceding list takes in the census of Judah and Benjamin.


 
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