Ezra 2:55
in Ezra 2The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
KJV
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The children of Solomon's servants--either the strangers that monarch enlisted in the building of the temple, or those who lived in his palace, which was deemed a high honor.
This site's exposition
the children of Sotai,
on Ezra 2:55-58
The children of Solomon's servants close the temple-staff roll, descendants of labor Solomon once raised for his building projects and now folded into Israel's own registry. Verse 58 sums Nethinims and Solomon's servants together at three hundred ninety and two, one figure for two originally distinct groups. Jamieson Fausset and Brown read the servants as either that conscripted labor or household staff from Solomon's own palace, and leave the question open, as the text itself does.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַבְדֵ֣י | ʾavdei | [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| סֹטַ֥י | sotai | Sotai | H5479 → | |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת | hasoferet | the Sophereth | H5618 → | |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פְרוּדָֽא׃ | feruda' | Peruda | H6514 → |
בְּנֵ֖י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants of
ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
סֹטַ֥יSotai
sotaiH5479 →
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶתthe Sophereth
hasoferetH5618 →
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
פְרוּדָֽא׃Peruda
feruda'H6514 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 9:21their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:63
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 17:12
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- Genesis 9:25–26
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- Nehemiah 7:57
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
- Joshua 15:63
Through
Nehemiah 7:57The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
it leads to
- Nehemiah 11:3
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of…
- Nehemiah 11:3
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.