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Selected Verse: Ezra 8:17 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ezr 8:17	King James	And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Casiphia - Its situation is wholly unknown; but it cannot have been far from Ahava.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Casiphia - Its situation is wholly unknown; but it cannot have been far from Ahava.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
At the place Casiphia - The most judicious commentators are agreed that by Casiphia, the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, are intended; where, probably, the Nethinim were employed in working silver mines: כסף keseph, from which the word comes, signifies silver.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

At the place Casiphia - The most judicious commentators are agreed that by Casiphia, the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, are intended; where, probably, the Nethinim were employed in working silver mines: כסף keseph, from which the word comes, signifies silver.

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