Ezra 8:9
from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
In Context
8from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
10from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
Cross References
Ezra 2:6the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
Matthew Henry on Ezra 8:2-21
The Journey of Ezra and Others. ( b. c. 457.) 1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred… Read the whole commentary →