Ezra 2:57
in Ezra 2the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
KJV
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֧י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה | shefatyah | Shephatiah | H8203 → | 13 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חַטִּ֗יל | chatil | Hattil | H2411 → | |
| בְּנֵ֛י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פֹּכֶ֥רֶת | pokheret | Pokereth- | H6380 → | |
| הַצְּבָיִ֖ים | hatzevayim | Hazzebaim | H6380 → | |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָמִֽי׃ | ʾami | Ami | H532 → |
בְּנֵ֧י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
שְׁפַטְיָ֣הShephatiah
shefatyahH8203 →13 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
חַטִּ֗ילHattil
chatilH2411 →
בְּנֵ֛י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
פֹּכֶ֥רֶתPokereth-
pokheretH6380 →
הַצְּבָיִ֖יםHazzebaim
hatzevayimH6380 →
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָמִֽי׃Ami
ʾamiH532 →
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.