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 descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, 57the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami. All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392. 59These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they really were from Israel): 60the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants 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 7:7In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
• Joshua 9:21The leaders then added, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
• Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.
• 1 Kings 9:21Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very 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