Ezra 8:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the descendants of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and kin, eighteen;

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel: and Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren, eighteen,

Ezra 8:18 Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:1

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:19

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their ancestry.

1 Chronicles 6:4

Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua,

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing offerings of well-being and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their ancestors.

Ezra 7:28

and who extended to me steadfast love before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the Lord the God of Israel had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Ezra 7:9

On the first day of the first month the journey up from Babylon was begun, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.

Ezra 8:16

Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise,

Ezra 8:19

also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty;

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.

Ezra 8:24

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kin with them.

Nehemiah 10:12

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Nehemiah 12:24

And the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their associates over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, section opposite to section.

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, directing him to give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple fortress and for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the gracious hand of my God was upon me.

Nehemiah 8:7

Also the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained in their places.

Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

Numbers 3:20

The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.