the chief: Ezra 1:5; 1 Chronicles 9:34, 1 Chronicles 24:31, 1 Chronicles 26:32; 2 Chronicles 26:12; Nehemiah 7:70-71
genealogy: Ezra 2:62; 1 Chronicles 4:33, 1 Chronicles 9:1
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Ezra 8:1
Ezra 8:1
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