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Ezra 2:65
65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Ezra 2:65 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
- New International Version (NIV)besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
Context of Ezra 2:65
63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. 64The whole assembly numbered 42,360, in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 2:65 word by word
מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֛ם מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
- in addition toבַּדbad · alone: besidesH905
- in addition toאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- their 7,337שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- their 7,337אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- their 7,337שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- their 7,337מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- their 7,337שְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- menservantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- and maidservantsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
- maleשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
Cross-references for Ezra 2:65
- Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- Nehemiah 7:67in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
- Psalms 68:25The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Psalms 148:12young men and maidens, old and young together.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
- Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
Commentaries on Ezra 2:65
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 64-70Verses 64-70 Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing, compared with the offerings of the princes in David's time; yet, being according to their ability, were as acceptable to God. The Lord will carry us through all undertakings entered on according to his will, with an aim to his glory, and dependence on…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 64-6642,360: This number might include children, as it does not match the 28,774 people listed in Ezra 2:3–42. The large number of servants and animals indicates that some of the Jews who returned were wealthy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-701. children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia. came again…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezra 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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