Ezra 8:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.”
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Read Full Chapter →The last of the family of Adonikam, named Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, return with sixty men.
What Does Ezra 8:13 Mean?
These are called the last sons of Adonikam, meaning the later or remaining branch of a family that had partly returned before. Three brothers are named, and sixty men come with them, completing what the household had begun in an earlier wave.
The phrase the last hints that not all came at once; some lingered in Babylon and only later answered the call. Yet they did come. God's patience leaves the door open, and those who return even late are welcomed and recorded among His people.
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What does Ezra 8:13 mean?
The last of the family of Adonikam, named Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, return with sixty men.