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Ezra 2:58
58The temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
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
- English Standard Version (ESV)All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
Context of Ezra 2:58
56Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami. The temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants totaled 392. 59The following people came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they couldn’t prove they were Israelites on the basis of their father’s family or their genealogy: 60the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. These people totaled 652.
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 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 7:7Some Israelites (including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants) went to Jerusalem in Artaxerxes’ seventh year as king.
- Joshua 9:21The leaders said that they should be allowed to live. So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders had said.
- 1 Chronicles 9:2The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were ⌞some⌟ Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
- Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants who were living on the Ophel made repairs on the wall as far as a point across from Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
- Nehemiah 7:60The temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
- 1 Kings 9:21but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⌞slaves⌟ today.)
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
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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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