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Ezra 8:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezra 8:20

Verse 20 of 36

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 8:20

Theological / Devotional

David and the princes. There is no record in either Kings or Chronicles of David’s increasing the number of Temple servants, though such an arrangement accords well with other arrangements he is known to have made. The original Nethinims were probably the Gibeonites (see on Joshua 9:21; Ezra 2:43).

Expressed by name. The narrator evidently considered it necessary to state that a list of names of these Nethinims had been forwarded by Iddo to Ezra, probably by way of credentials, but he does not consider it necessary to insert the list in this account.

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