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Ezra 2:65

in Ezra 2

in 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.

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Cassiodorus

EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 95.1 · Written before 585.

proposed

"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

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

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 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.

  • 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 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

    Ecclesiastes 2:8

    and 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.

  • Through

    Matthew 9:23

    When 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.”

  • Through

    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…

    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.

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