Ezra 2:65

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 officer in Judah said that they could not eat the priests' special food. They must wait until there was a leader of the priests who could use the Urim and Thummim to decide the right thing to do. 64All together, 42,360 people returned to Jerusalem. There were also 7,337 male and female servants, as well as 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

Ezra 2:65 word by word

מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֛ם מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beside their servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and their maidsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• there wereאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• singing menשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891

Cross-references for Ezra 2:65

• Isaiah 14:1The Lord will once again be kind to Jacob's descendants. He will choose to help the Israelite people again, as his own people. He will put them back in their land. Foreign people will join them and they will become a part of Jacob's family.
• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam, Aaron's sister, who was a prophet, took a tambourine in her hand. All the other women followed her, with tambourines in their hands. They danced while Miriam sang to them.
• 2 Samuel 19:35I am already 80 years old. I can no longer tell what is nice or what is bad. I cannot taste what I eat and drink. I cannot still hear people's voices when they sing. I would only cause trouble to you, my lord the king.
• Nehemiah 7:67There were also 7,337 male and female servants, as well as 245 male and female singers.
• Psalms 68:25The singers will march in front. The musicians will follow them. Young women will be with them as they beat their tambourines.
• Psalms 148:12Praise him, young men and young women. Praise him, old men, as well as children.
• Ecclesiastes 2:8I stored a lot of silver and gold for myself. Other kings and rulers paid me with many valuable things. I had men and women who would sing for me. I had many beautiful slave wives to give me as much pleasure as any man could want.
• Jeremiah 9:17The Lord Almighty said this: ‘Think about what is happening! Call the women who weep at funerals. Bring those women who know what to do.’
• Jeremiah 9:18‘Yes, tell them to come quickly to sing funeral songs for us. Then tears will pour from our eyes, and we will not stop weeping.
• Matthew 9:23Then Jesus arrived at the Jewish leader's house. Some people there were making sad music and the crowd was making a loud noise.

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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In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis
• Discrepancies, Biblical
• Eneneus

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