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 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 Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 57the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the sons of Ami. All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two. 59And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father’s house or their genealogy, whether they were of Israel: 60the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;

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 7:7Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
• Joshua 9:21And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.”
• 1 Chronicles 9:2And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
• Nehemiah 3:26Moreover the Nethinim who dwelt in Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the Nethinim, and the sons of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.
• 1 Kings 9:21that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely—from these Solomon raised forced 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

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