Ezra 3:9

Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren the Levites.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

In Context

8And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord.

10And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets: and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David king of Israel.

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Cross References

Ezra 2:40The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four.

Nehemiah 3:24After him built Bennui the son of Hanadad another measure, from the house of Azarias unto the bending, and unto the corner.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 3:9-13

The Foundation of the Temple Laid. ( b. c. 535.) 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord . 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel… Read the whole commentary →

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