Bible Strands
Ezra 2:4
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text functions as a formal census record, listing returning exiles by family name and headcount as they prepare to reestablish Jerusalem.
The words — בְּנֵ֣י (be.Nei) translates literally to descendants, and שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה (she.fat.Yah) identifies the specific patriarch whose household is enumerated.
The thread — The same family and count appear in Nehemiah 7:9, while Ezra 8:8 later records Zebadiah of this lineage leading eighty men. The surrounding verses in Ezra 2:3 and 2:5 place this entry within a continuous genealogical roll call.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that communal restoration is built on verified individual lineages, not abstract collective identity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Cross-references
- Ezra 8:8 from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
- Nehemiah 7:9 the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;