Ezra 2:65
in Ezra 2in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
KJV
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"A canticle of David, when the house was built after the captivity." So far as the literal sense is concerned, the heading points to the time when the temple at Jerusalem is known to have been refurbished by Zerubbabel, son of Salathiel, after it had …
The Medieval Church1 voice
And in those same places, singers and singing women were appointed (II Chronicles XXV). Not only among the Levites were singers found, along with the doorkeepers of the temple and the Nethinim, but also within God's people, joined with singing women, they hastened to restore …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven,....
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִ֠לְּבַד | milevad | <from> <to> besides | H905 → | |
| עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם | ʾavdeihem | [male] servants their | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ | veamhoteihem | and female servants their | H519 → | |
| אֵ֔לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֣ת | shivat | [were] seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אֲלָפִ֔ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| שְׁלֹ֥שׁ | shelosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה | veshivah | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וְלָהֶ֛ם | velahem | and [belonged] to them | ||
| מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים | meshorerim | male singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת | umeshorerot | and female singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| מָאתָֽיִם׃ | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
מִ֠לְּבַד<from> <to> besides
milevadH905 →
עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם[male] servants their
ʾavdeihemH5650 →799 times
וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙and female servants their
veamhoteihemH519 →
אֵ֔לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
שִׁבְעַ֣ת[were] seven
shivatH7651 →394 times
אֲלָפִ֔יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
שְׁלֹ֥שׁthree
sheloshH7969 →432 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְשִׁבְעָ֑הand seven
veshivahH7651 →394 times
וְלָהֶ֛םand [belonged] to them
velahem
מְשֹׁרְרִ֥יםmale singers
meshorerimH7891 →86 times
וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹתand female singers
umeshorerotH7891 →86 times
מָאתָֽיִם׃two hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 10:10
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave…
- 2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
- 1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:10
Through
Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in…
- Mark 5:35–40
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
- Luke 8:49–51
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
Through
2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:33
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
- Psalms 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- 2 Samuel 15:33
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra

This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 95.1 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
