Ezra 2:56
in Ezra 2the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
KJV
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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 record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Note, It is an honour to belong to God's house, though in the meanest office there. Of some that were looked upon as Israelites by birth, and others as priests, and yet could not make out a clear title to the honour.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַעְלָ֥ה | ya'lah | Jaala | H3279 → | |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דַרְק֖וֹן | darkon | Darkon | H1874 → | |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גִדֵּֽל׃ | gidel | Giddel | H1435 → |
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יַעְלָ֥הJaala
ya'lahH3279 →
בְנֵי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
דַרְק֖וֹןDarkon
darkonH1874 →
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
גִדֵּֽל׃Giddel
gidelH1435 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezra
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.