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Ezra 2:57 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. "
Ezra 2:57
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
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Ezra 2:1
"Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;"
Ezra 2:2
"Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:"
Ezra 2:3
"The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two."
Ezra 2:4
"The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two."
Ezra 2:5
"The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five."
Ezra 2:6
"The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve."
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