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Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezra 2:43 appears in a post-exilic census register that catalogs returning families for temple service. The verse follows a list of gatekeepers and precedes additional servant lineages in the same administrative document.
The words — The text uses נְתִינִים (neṯînîm), translated as "temple servants," and repeats בְּנֵי (bənê), "descendants of," to name three specific family lines: Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.
The thread — The identical grouping of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth as temple servants is recorded in Nehemiah 7:46, while Ezra 2:58 provides a summary count of all temple servants and descendants of Solomon's servants.
Why it lands — The verse functions as a bureaucratic record that establishes ancestral accountability for specific worship duties in the restored community. It requires readers to observe how tribal and familial identities were systematically documented to maintain temple operations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 9:2 Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
- Ezra 2:58 The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- Nehemiah 7:46 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
- Nehemiah 10:28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,