'Sons' in the Bible

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

and the fish-gate have sons of Hassenaah built, they have walled it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.'

These are sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

Sons of Parosh: two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.

Sons of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy and two.

Sons of Arah: six hundred fifty and two.

Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

Sons of Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Sons of Zattu: eight hundred forty and five.

Sons of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.

Sons of Binnui: six hundred forty and eight.

Sons of Bebai: six hundred twenty and eight.

Sons of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

Sons of Adonikam: six hundred sixty and seven.

Sons of Bigvai: two thousand sixty and seven.

Sons of Adin: six hundred fifty and five.

Sons of Ater of Hezekiah: ninety and eight.

Sons of Hashum: three hundred twenty and eight.

Sons of Bezai: three hundred twenty and four.

Sons of Hariph: a hundred and twelve.

Sons of Gibeon: ninety and five.

Sons of the other Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Sons of Harim: three hundred and twenty.

Sons of Jericho: three hundred forty and five.

Sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty and one.

Sons of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

The priests: sons of Jedaiah: of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy and three;

sons of Immer: a thousand fifty and two;

sons of Pashur: a thousand two hundred forty and seven;

sons of Harim: a thousand and seventeen.

The Levites: sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel: of sons of Hodevah: seventy and four.

The singers: sons of Asaph: a hundred forty and eight.

The gatekeepers: sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai: a hundred thirty and eight.

The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth,

sons of Keros, sons of Sia, sons of Padon,

sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagaba, sons of Shalmai,

sons of Hanan, sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar,

sons of Reaiah, sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda,

sons of Gazzam, sons of Uzza, sons of Phaseah,

sons of Bezai, sons of Meunim, sons of Nephishesim,

sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur,

sons of Bazlith, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha,

sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Tamah,

sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha.

Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Perida,

sons of Jaala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,

sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Amon.

All the Nethinim and the sons of the servants of Solomon are three hundred ninety and two.

sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

And of the priests: sons of Habaiah sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai, who hath taken from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name.

And they dwell -- the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel -- in their cities, and the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in their cities.

And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month,

And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy.

And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,

And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

'And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

And the Levites: both Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,

and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;

and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to bring in to the house of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.

for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there are vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.

And these are heads of the province who have dwelt in Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, they have dwelt each in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon.

And in Jerusalem have dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez;

all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem are four hundred sixty and eight, men of valour.

And these are sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jesaiah;

And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem is Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micha: of the sons of Asaph, the singers are over-against the work of the house of God,

And Pethahiah son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, is by the hand of the king, for every matter of the people.

And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

And sons of Benjamin are at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,

Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;

and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.

because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.

And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem.

And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.

And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, 'Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

And one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, is son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.