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Ezra 2:58

in Ezra 2

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

KJV

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 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.

  • כָּ֨ל־all

    kal-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַנְּתִינִ֔יםthe temple servants

    hanetinimH5411 →17 times

  • וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] descendants of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants of

    ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →

  • שְׁלֹ֥שׁthree

    sheloshH7969 →432 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • תִּשְׁעִ֥יםninety

    tishimH8673 →20 times

  • וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סand two

    ushenayimH8147 →768 times

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 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.

    • 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 2:43

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

  • 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.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 9:25–26

      he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

    • 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.

  • Through

    Joshua 9:21

    They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 9:27

      On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.