Topic
Saphatias
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 8:8ISBE
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
- 1 Esdras 5:9ISBE
The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
- 1 Esdras 8:34ISBE
Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
saf-a-ti'-as (Saphatias, Codex Vaticanus Sophotias; omitted in Codex Alexandrinus): Name of a family of returning exiles (1 Esdras 8:34) = "Shephatiah" in Ezr 8:8. If Saphatias (1 Esdras 8:34) = Saphat (1 Esdras 5:9), as would appear, then part of the family went up with Zerubbabel and part with Ezra.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.