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
• 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

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 totaled 392. 59Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to provide evidence of their fathers’ households and their descendants, whether they were of 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

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• templeנְתִינִיםnâthîyn nâthûn · temple servantH5411
• and the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• 392שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• 392מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 392תִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• 392שְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Ezra 2:58

• Ezra 7:7Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
• Joshua 9:21So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” And they became gatherers of firewood and labor to draw water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
• Nehemiah 3:26Now the temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
• 1 Kings 9:21their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to completely eliminate, from them Solomon conscripted forced laborers, as 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