Punctuate as follows:

Ezra 8:2: ...of the sons of David, Hattush of the sons of Shechaniah.

Ezra 8:3: Of the …

According to 1 Chronicles 3:22, Huttush was a descendant of David, and grandson of Shechaniab. The difficulty of the text, therefore, i…

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;
Daniel
Not Daniel the proph…

Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that …