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Ezra 2:43
43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
Ezra 2:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
- New International Version (NIV)The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
Context of Ezra 2:43
41The singers: 128 descendants of Asaph. 42The guards for the temple gates: 139 descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai. The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, 44Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 2:43 word by word
הַנְּתִינִ֑ים בְּנֵי־צִיחָ֥א בְנֵי־חֲשׂוּפָ֖א בְּנֵ֥י טַבָּעֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezra 2:43
- Ezra 2:58There were 392 men who were temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants.
- 1 Chronicles 9:2The first people who returned to their home towns after that were some priests, Levites, servants in the temple and other Israelites.
- Nehemiah 7:46These were the families of the temple servants who returned: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
- Nehemiah 10:28The other people joined their leaders to make the same promise. They were priests, Levites, guards, singers and temple servants. There were also people who had kept themselves separate from their foreign neighbours so that they could obey God's Law. Their wives, sons and daughters also joined with them, as well as children who were old enough to understand.
Commentaries on Ezra 2:43
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43The Nethinims - The hieroduli or sacred slaves, “given” to the Levites to assist them in their work (see 1 Chronicles 9:2 note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-63Verses 36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43-54The temple servants were likely descendants of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:23–27). They helped the Levites (Ezra 8:20) by carrying water and wood and sweeping floors.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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