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Ezra 2:43

in Ezra 2

The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

KJV

The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

The Nethinims,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The Nethinims - The hieroduli or sacred slaves, “given” to the Levites to assist them in their work (see 1Ch 9:2 note).

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • הַנְּתִינִ֑יםthe temple servants

    hanetinimH5411 →17 times

  • בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • צִיחָ֥אZiha

    tzicha'H6727 →

  • בְנֵי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֲשׂוּפָ֖אHasupha

    chasufa'H2817 →

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • טַבָּעֽוֹת׃Tabbaoth

    tabaotH2884 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 Chronicles 9:2

    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:73

      So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had…

    • Ezra 2:70

      So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

    • Ezra 2:58

      The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

    • Ezra 8:20

      They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

    • Nehemiah 7:60

      The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 10:28

    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 9:2

      Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

    • 2 Corinthians 6:14–17

      Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

  • Through

    Ezra 2:58

    The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 9:2

      Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).