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Ezra 8:20 KJV
Ezra · chapter 8 · verse 20
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.Ezra 8:20 · King James Version
Ezra 8:20 in context
18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20Also 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.
21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NethinimsNâthîynthe Nethinim, or Temple-servantsH5411 →
- appointednâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- expressednâqabto puncture, literally or figurativelyH5344 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- serviceʻăbôdâhwork of any kindH5656 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
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Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa 11:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20