Ezra 8:20
in Ezra 8They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.
KJV
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
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This verse in Ezra 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The deputation was despatched to Iddo, who was a prince or chief of the Nethinims--for the Persian government allowed the Hebrews during their exile to retain their ecclesiastical government by their own chiefs, as well as to enjoy the privilege of free worship.
This site's exposition
the gracious hand of our God
on Ezra 8:18-20
The recruiting is credited first to "the gracious hand of our God" upon them. Sherebiah comes with his sons and brothers, 18 men, and Hashabiah with Jeshaiah of Merari, 20 men. Then 220 temple servants come, whom David and the officials had appointed to assist the Levites.
This site's exposition
They also brought 220 of the temple servants
These 220 temple servants came beside the 38 Levites of verses 18 and 19. They outnumber the Levites nearly six to one. In the first return the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants numbered 392 together, by Ezra 2:58.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites,....
Ezra has procured Levites to go along with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? That is therefore his chief care. In all our ways we must acknowledge God, and in those particularly wherein we are endeavouring to serve the interest of his kingdom among men.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and some of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַנְּתִינִ֗ים | hanetinim | the temple servants | H5411 → | 17 times |
| שֶׁנָּתַ֨ן | shenatan | whom he had appointed | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| דָּוִ֤יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ | vehasarim | and the officials | H8269 → | 421 times |
| לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת | laavodat | for [the] work of | H5656 → | |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| נְתִינִ֖ים | netinim | temple servants | H5411 → | 17 times |
| מָאתַ֣יִם | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| כֻּלָּ֖ם | kulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נִקְּב֥וּ | nikevu | they had been designated | H5344 → | |
| בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃ | veshemot | by names | H8034 → | 864 times |
וּמִן־and some of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הַנְּתִינִ֗יםthe temple servants
hanetinimH5411 →17 times
שֶׁנָּתַ֨ןwhom he had appointed
shenatanH5414 →2011 times
דָּוִ֤ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְהַשָּׂרִים֙and the officials
vehasarimH8269 →421 times
לַעֲבֹדַ֣תfor [the] work of
laavodatH5656 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
נְתִינִ֖יםtemple servants
netinimH5411 →17 times
מָאתַ֣יִםtwo hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
כֻּלָּ֖םall of them
kulamH3605 →5413 times
נִקְּב֥וּthey had been designated
nikevuH5344 →
בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃by names
veshemotH8034 →864 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
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
it leads to
- Ezra 2:58
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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 2:58
Through
Philippians 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in…
it leads to
- Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
- Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
- Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was…
- Philippians 1:27
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…
- Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Revelation 3:5
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 8; Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 2:58, the first register; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
