Ezra 2:58

Ezra 2:58 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
• New International Version (NIV)The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.

Context of Ezra 2:58

56the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 57the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami. All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. 59The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: 60the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.

Ezra 2:58 word by word

כָּ֨ל־הַנְּתִינִ֔ים וּבְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the Nethinimsנְתִינִיםnâthîyn nâthûn · temple servantH5411
• and the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Ezra 2:58

• Ezra 7:7And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
• Joshua 9:21And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
• Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants living on Ophel repaired to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.
• 1 Kings 9:21their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction—these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:58

• 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. 55-58The descendants of King Solomon's servants are linked to the temple servants (Ezra 2:43–54). Their names might show their duties. For example: Hassophereth, meaning "the scribe," probably kept inventories Pokereth-hazzebaim, meaning "gazelle-hunter," likely hunted gameRead 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

Topics related to Ezra 2:58

• Levites
• Nethinims

In the dictionaries

• Solomon's Servants
• Captivity
• Minister
• Nethinim
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus

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