And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

EZRA 8:13KJV
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Ezra 8:13 (KJV)

What does Ezra 8:13 mean?

Ezra 8:13 lists the descendants of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra, specifically naming Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, along with sixty other men. This verse records part of a census of families joining Ezra’s journey from Babylon back to Jerusalem.

Ezra, the priest and scribe, is preparing to lead a group of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity. He carefully documents the family heads and the number of men traveling with each. The verse highlights the inclusion of the last sons of Adonikam, showing the care taken to record each family’s participation in this significant return to their homeland.

Where else these words appear

“Adonikam” Hebrew H140 · used in 3 verses

  • Ezra 2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
  • Nehemiah 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

“Eliphelet” Hebrew H467 · used in 9 verses

“Jeiel” Hebrew H3273 · used in 12 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
  • 1 Chronicles 15:18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

“Shemaiah” Hebrew H8098 · used in 39 verses

  • 1 Kings 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
  • 2 Chronicles 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
  • Nehemiah 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.