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Thursday, July 24th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Contemporary English Version

Ezra 2:4

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shephatiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shephatiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Province;   Shephathiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Shephatiah;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addus;   Ammidioi;   Eneneus;   Ezra, Book of;   Kilan;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Ozias;   Priests and Levites;   Saphat;   Shephatiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shephatiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shephati'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Saphat;   Shephatiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shephatiah’s descendants 372
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Shefatyah, three hundred seventy-two.
King James Version
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
English Standard Version
The sons of Shephatiah, 372.
New Century Version
the descendants of Shephatiah—372;
New English Translation
the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;
Amplified Bible
the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
New American Standard Bible
the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
World English Bible
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two:
Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
Berean Standard Bible
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
Easy-to-Read Version
the descendants of Shephatiah 372
George Lamsa Translation
The descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
the descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
Literal Translation
The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the children of Sephatia, thre hundreth and two and seuentye:
American Standard Version
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Bible in Basic English
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Sephatia, three hundred seuentie and two.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
King James Version (1611)
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seuentie and two.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
English Revised Version
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sones of Sephezie, thre hundrid and two and seuenti;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
New King James Version
the people of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
New Living Translation
The family of Shephatiah 372
New Life Bible
372 sons of Shephatiah,
New Revised Standard
Of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy-two.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Shephati'ah, three hundred and seventy-two.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

Contextual Overview

1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had captured many of the people of Judah and had taken them as prisoners to Babylonia. Now they were on their way back to Jerusalem and to their own towns everywhere in Judah. 2Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah were in charge of the ones who were coming back. And here is a list of how many returned from each family group: 2,172 from the family of Parosh; 372 from the family of Shephatiah; 775 from the family of Arah; 2,812 descendants of Jeshua and Joab from the family of Pahath Moab; 1,254 from the family of Elam; 945 from the family of Zattu; 760 from the family of Zaccai; 642 from the family of Bani; 623 from the family of Bebai; 1,222 from the family of Azgad; 666 from the family of Adonikam; 2,056 from the family of Bigvai; 454 from the family of Adin; 98 from the family of Ater, also known as Hezekiah; 323 from the family of Bezai; 112 from the family of Jorah; 223 from the family of Hashum; and 95 from the family of Gibbar. 21Here is how many people returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 123 from Bethlehem; 56 from Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 223 from Bethel and Ai; 52 from Nebo; 156 from Magbish; 1,254 from the other Elam; 320 from Harim; 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono; 345 from Jericho; and 3,630 from Senaah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shephatiah: Ezra 8:8, Nehemiah 7:9

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:4
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness
Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
Genesis 2:2

The Seventh Day

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.
Genesis 5:1
God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Genesis 11:10
Two years after the flood, when Shem was one hundred, he had a son named Arpachshad. He had more children and died at the age of six hundred. This is a list of his descendants:
Genesis 25:12
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the slave woman of Sarah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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