Ezra 2:55 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 2:55

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Peruda,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּנֵ֖י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
סֹטַ֥י	so.Tai	Sotai	H5479 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת	ha.so.Fe.ret	the Sophereth	H5618 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
פְרוּדָֽא׃	fe.ru.Da'	Peruda	H6514 →

The walk

The walk6

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 9:21
their 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.
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,
Through
Nehemiah 7:57
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
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…