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Ezra 2:43
The Nethinim, the descendants of foreign nations, who performed the meaner tasks about the Temple, 1 Chronicles 9:2: the children of Ziha, the children of Hazupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
The Nethinim, the descendants of foreign nations, who performed the meaner tasks about the Temple, 1 Chronicles 9:2: the children of Ziha, the children of Hazupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
THE NETHINIMS - The hieroduli or sacred slaves, “given” to the Levites to assist them in their work (see 1 Chronicles 9:2 note)....
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_ 2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3) 3. The priests (Ezra 2:36) 4. The Levites and singers (Ez
A LIST OF THE EXILES WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL. See the Greek Ezra (1 Esdras) Esther 5:7 and Nehemiah 7:6_ a_, where this list also occurs, though with some variations. Ezra 2:1 a. province: Heb....
NETHINIMS. men given to God or His service. Temple servants. Compare Ezra 2:58; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 8:17;...
_Nethinims_ R.V. NETHINIM. The termination --im" is the sign of the plural. In the same way the R.V. corrects the inaccurate form -Cherubims" to -Cherubim" (Genesis 3:24), -Anakims" to -Anakim", -Hori...
Nethinim. This class is mentioned in the books Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:43; Ezra 2:58; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 7:7;...
4. Also important enough to be mentioned were certain people connected with the Temple and religious worship. TEXT, EZRA 2:36-58 36 The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; 37...
_THE NETHINIMS: THE CHILDREN OF ZIHA, THE CHILDREN OF HASUPHA, THE CHILDREN OF TABBAOTH,_ The Nethinims - [Septuagint, Vatican, Nathinim; Alexandrine, Nathinaioi. The same version calls them (1 Chron...
2:43 Nethinim. (a-2) Subordinate temple servants. see ch. 8.20; 1 Chronicles 9:2 , and Numbers 8:19 ....
THE NETHINIMS] i.e. Temple servants: see Nehemiah 8:17, and on 1 Chronicles 9:2....
THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED 1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). HAD CARRIED AWAY] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY] i.e. to the provincial t...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not wel...
(43-58) THE NETHINIMS. — By the etymology _those given:_ known by this name only in the later books. (See 1 Chronicles 9:2.) They were _hieroduli,_ or temple-bondsmen: the lowest order of the ministry...
הַ נְּתִינִ֑ים בְּנֵי ־צִיחָ֥א בְנֵי ־חֲשׂוּפָ֖א...
THE SECOND EXODUS Ezra 2:1 THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of resemblance to the exodus of their fathers from Egypt. On both occasions the Israelites had been sufferi...
Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the nam...
The (h) Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, (h) So called because they were given to the temple, to cut wood and bear water for the use of the sacrific...
_Nathinites, "people given" (1 Paralipomenon ix. 2.; Haydock) by Josue, David, and Solomon. (Tirinus)_...
I include the whole of these in one list, for Levites, Nethinims, and the Singers, with the children of Solomon's servants, may be summed up as bearing offices in one and the same household, though in...
Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
Ver. 43-58. THE NETHINIMS,.... Supposed by Aben Ezra and Jarchi to be the Gibeonites, who were "given" by Joshua, as the word Nethinims signifies, to the congregation, to be hewers of wood and drawers...
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Ver. 43. _The Nethinims_] _i.e._ _Deodati,_ men given to God, devoted to the service of his house. These were t...
_Nethinims_ Persons devoted to the inferior services of the priests and Levites. Commonly supposed to be the Gibeonites, _given_ (so their name signifies) by Joshua first, and again by David, when Sau...
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36 of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree. 64 The whole...
LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES (vv. 1-58) This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is recorded, and the tota...
36-63 Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence...
THE NETHINIMS; the persons devoted to the inferior services of the priests and Levites; of whom see 1 CHRONICLES 9:2....
Ezra 2:43 Nethinim H5411 sons H1121 Ziha H6727 sons H1121 Hasupha H2817 sons H1121 Tabbaoth H2884 Nethinims -...
THE ENROLLING OF THE NETHINIM (EZRA 2:43). The Nethinim (given ones) probably had their origin in the Gibeonites who were forced to become ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water' for the Tabernacle (Jos...
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL STAGES (EZRA 2:1). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
CONTENTS: The returning remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel. CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give libe...
Ezra 2:1. _The children of the province._ Judea under Zedekiah was reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of Babyl...
_The number of the men of the people of Israel._ A SUGGESTIVE RECORD Consider-- I. The significance of the fact of the record. 1. It Was an honour to the pious and patriotic ones who returned. 2....
EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch. Ez...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:36 Temple officials are divided by function, headed by the PRIESTS and LEVITES. The priests (vv. Ezra 2:36) are most impor
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:43 The TEMPLE SERVANTS were officials appointed by King David to help the Levites (see Ezra 8:20)....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have _the list of those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their contributions for rebuilding the Temple_. The contents may be arrange...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS (Ezra 2:1). It has
So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:58; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 7:46; Neh
Nethinims — Persons devoted to the inferior services of the priests and Levites. Commonly supposed to be the Gibeonites, given, (so their name signifies) by Joshua first, and again by David, when Saul...