King James Version
What Does Ezra 2:41 Mean?
“The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.”
Context
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The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen .
40
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. Hodaviah: or, Judah called also Hodevah
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The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
42
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
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The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**4-9. This is the thing that ye shall do--**The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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