Phinees fin'-e-es (Phinees; Codex Vaticanus (Swete), Pheinees (Ezra 8:2)):
(1) Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron (Ezra 5:5, Ezra 8:2, Esdras 1:2, Macc 2:26; Wisdom of Sirach 45:23).
(2) The father of Achias and son of Hell (Eli), a descendant of (1), and one of Ezra's progenitors (Esdras 1:2); but this link is not found in Ezra's genealogy (Ezra 8:1 f), nor in Ezra 7:1 ff; 1 Chronicles 6:1, and its insertion in Esdras 1:2 is a mistake, since Ezra's descent was from Eleazar, while this Phinees (Phinehas) was a descendant of Ithamar, the youngest son of Aaron.
(3) A Levite, the father of Eleazar (Ezra 8:63) equals "Phinehas" of Ezra 8:33. but it is just possible that the well-known Eleazar (1) is referred to here, and so not another and different Phinees.
(4) The King James Version equals the Revised Version (British and American) "Phinoe" (Ezra 5:31).
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