John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 3:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then stood Jeshua, with his sons, etc.] Not Jeshua the high priest before mentioned, but Jeshua the Levite, (<150240>Ezra 2:40), and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together; the same with Hodaviah, (<150240>Ezra 2:40) to set forward the workmen in the house of God; to give them orders to begin and lay the foundation, and hasten and animate them to it: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites: two of this man’s sons are mentioned in (<160318>Nehemiah 3:18,24 10:9).

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