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Ezra 2:58
58The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
Context of Ezra 2:58
56Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, 57Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392 59The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel: 60The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 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 of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
- Joshua 9:21They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.
- 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.
- Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
- Nehemiah 7:60The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
- 1 Kings 9:21Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate—to serve as slave labor, as it is 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
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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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