Ezra 8:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,  they brought us Sherebiah   #– #a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel #– #along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his kinsmen, 18;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Because we were favored by God, they brought us Sherebiah, a skillful man of the family of Mahli, Levi’s son and Israel’s grandson, together with his sons and relatives so that there were eighteen in total.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,

Ezra 8:18 Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:1

Levi’s  sons: Gershom,  Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:19

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

1 Chronicles 6:4

Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua;

2 Chronicles 30:22

Then Hezekiah encouraged  , all the Levites who performed skilfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Ezra 7:28

and who has shown favour to me before the king,  his counsellors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God,  , and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

Ezra 7:6

#– #came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,  which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 7:9

He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month  and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month  since the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Ezra 8:16

Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam,  as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.

Ezra 8:19

as well as Hashabiah,  along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

Ezra 8:22

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, ‘The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.’

Ezra 8:24

I selected twelve of the leading priests, along with Sherebiah,  Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers.

Nehemiah 10:12

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Nehemiah 12:24

The heads of the Levites #– #Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them #– #gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.

Nehemiah 2:8

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,  the city wall, and the home where I will live.’  , The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

Nehemiah 8:7

Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah,  who were Levites,  , explained the law  to the people as they stood in their places.

Proverbs 24:3

A house is built by wisdom, and it is established by understanding;

Proverbs 3:6

in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me,  , and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them ten times  , better than all the magicians and mediums  in his entire kingdom.

Numbers 3:20

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.