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and they also had 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezra/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezra/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezra/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezra/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Beside their servants and their maids, of whom <i>there were</i> seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and <i>there were</i> among them two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezra/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />besides their male and female servants, of whom <i>there were</i> seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezra/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />besides their male and female slaves who <i>totaled</i> 7,337; and they had two hundred singing men and women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezra/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezra/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />besides their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezra/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />besides their male and female slaves of whom <i>there were</i> 7,337; and they had 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezra/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and [among them] they had 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezra/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezra/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezra/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezra/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />beside their menservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezra/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In addition to the male and female servants who numbered 7,337, they also had 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezra/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />not including 7,337 male and female servants, along with 200 singing men and women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezra/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezra/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />not counting their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezra/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezra/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing-men and singing-women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezra/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezra/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and of them [are] two hundred male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezra/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> apart from their servants and their handmaids; these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them are singers and songstresses two hundred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezra/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Besides their servants and their maids, these seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and to them singing men and singing women, two hundred.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezra/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Besides their menservants, and womenservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven : and among them singing men, and singing women two hundred. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezra/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />not including their men and women servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And among these were singing men and singing women, two hundred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezra/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezra/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezra/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and those who ministered to them were two hundred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezra/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Apart from their Servants and their Maid Servants, which were seven thousand and three hundred and thirty and seven, and their Ministers who serve them, two hundred.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezra/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />beside their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezra/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />besides their men-servants and maid-servants, <i>and</i> these were seven thousand three hundred <i>and</i> thirty-seven: and <i>among</i> these were two hundred singing men and singing women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezra/2-65.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=518" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezra/2.htm">The List of Returning Exiles</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">64</span>The whole assembly numbered 42,360, <span class="reftext">65</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: mil·lə·ḇaḏ (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Separation, a part. ">in addition to</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">their 7,337</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ă·lā·p̄îm (Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lōš (Number-fsc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: šə·lō·šîm (Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: wə·šiḇ·‘āh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·ḏê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">menservants</a> <a href="/hebrew/519.htm" title="519: wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A maid, handmaid. Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave.">and maidservants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mā·ṯā·yim (Number-fd) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">as well as their 200</a> <a href="/hebrew/wə·lā·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7891.htm" title="7891: mə·šō·rə·rîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To sing. Or shuwr; a primitive root; to sing.">male</a> <a href="/hebrew/7891.htm" title="7891: ū·mə·šō·rə·rō·wṯ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-fp) -- To sing. Or shuwr; a primitive root; to sing.">and female singers.</a> </span><span class="reftext">66</span>They had 736 horses, 245 mules,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Nehemiah 7:67</a></span><br />in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">1 Kings 10:5</a></span><br />the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-4.htm">2 Chronicles 9:4</a></span><br />the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm">1 Samuel 8:11-17</a></span><br />He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots. / He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. / And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">1 Kings 4:22-23</a></span><br />Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-29.htm">1 Chronicles 27:29-31</a></span><br />Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys. / Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys. / Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-35.htm">2 Samuel 19:35</a></span><br />I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-1.htm">1 Kings 10:1-13</a></span><br />Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. / She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind. / And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-1.htm">2 Chronicles 9:1-12</a></span><br />Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind. / And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain. / When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">1 Kings 4:26-28</a></span><br />Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. / Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. / Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-40.htm">1 Chronicles 12:40</a></span><br />And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm">1 Kings 10:21</a></span><br />All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-20.htm">2 Chronicles 9:20</a></span><br />All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-2.htm">Matthew 22:2-4</a></span><br />“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. / He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come. / Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-25.htm">Luke 15:25</a></span><br />Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.</p><p class="hdg">servants</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Isaiah 14:1,2</a></b></br> For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob… </p><p class="hdg">two hundred</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20,21</a></b></br> And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/19-35.htm">2 Samuel 19:35</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> this day fourscore years old: <i>and</i> can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Nehemiah 7:67</a></b></br> Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom <i>there were</i> seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/1-6.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/ezra/1-6.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Female</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-22.htm">Handmaids</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-22.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Maidservants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Maid-Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Male</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Menservants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Men-Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-12.htm">Music</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/ezra/2-58.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/ezra/2-38.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/ezra/2-41.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-35.htm">Singing-Men</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Singing-Women</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Songstresses</a> <a href="/ezra/2-42.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-34.htm">Thirty-Seven</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Three</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">ts</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Women</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/8-20.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/ezra/7-16.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Female</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Handmaids</a> <a href="/ezra/2-66.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/esther/2-9.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Maidservants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Maid-Servants</a> <a href="/ezra/6-17.htm">Male</a> <a href="/job/31-13.htm">Menservants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Men-Servants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Music</a> <a href="/ezra/8-34.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/ezra/2-70.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/ezra/2-66.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/ezra/2-70.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Singing-Men</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Singing-Women</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Songstresses</a> <a href="/ezra/2-66.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Thirty-Seven</a> <a href="/ezra/2-67.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/ezra/6-4.htm">Three</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">ts</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Women</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">The number that return of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-36.htm">of the priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">of the Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">of the Nethinims</a></span><br><span class="reftext">55. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-55.htm">of Solomon's servants</a></span><br><span class="reftext">61. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">of the priests who could not show their pedigree</a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">The whole number of them, with their substance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">68. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/2-68.htm">Their offerings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The large number of servants indicates the wealth and status of some returning families, as owning servants was a sign of prosperity. In the ancient Near Eastern context, servants were often integral to household operations, performing various tasks and contributing to the economic stability of the family. The mention of both menservants and maidservants reflects the patriarchal structure of society, where households were typically led by male figures, but women also played crucial roles in domestic and economic activities. This detail underscores the comprehensive nature of the return, involving not just the free Israelites but also those who served them, emphasizing the restoration of the community as a whole.<p><b>as well as their 200 male and female singers</b><br>The inclusion of singers among the returning exiles is significant, as it points to the importance of worship and music in Israelite culture and religious practice. Music played a vital role in temple worship, and the presence of singers suggests a focus on reestablishing proper worship in Jerusalem. The distinction between male and female singers indicates that both genders participated in the musical aspects of worship, which was a common practice in ancient Israel. This aligns with other biblical references to music and singing in worship, such as in the Psalms and the accounts of temple worship in Chronicles. The restoration of singers also foreshadows the rebuilding of the temple and the reestablishment of religious rituals, which were central to the identity and spiritual life of the Jewish people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a></b><br>A scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon. He played a crucial role in the spiritual and physical restoration of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exiles.htm">The Exiles</a></b><br>The group of Israelites returning from Babylonian captivity to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple. This return was a fulfillment of God's promise to restore His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/menservants_and_maidservants.htm">Menservants and Maidservants</a></b><br>These individuals were part of the households of the returning exiles, indicating the social and economic structures that were being reestablished.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/singers.htm">Singers</a></b><br>The 200 male and female singers were likely part of the Levitical order, responsible for leading worship and maintaining the spiritual atmosphere through music.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city to which the exiles returned, significant as the center of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship_in_community_restoration.htm">The Importance of Worship in Community Restoration</a></b><br>The inclusion of singers among the returnees highlights the centrality of worship in rebuilding the community. Worship is not just a personal act but a communal one that strengthens and unites believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">God's Faithfulness in Restoration</a></b><br>The return of the exiles is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. This encourages believers to trust in God's timing and His plans for restoration in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_service_in_god's_kingdom.htm">The Role of Service in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>The mention of menservants and maidservants reminds us that every role, whether seen or unseen, is valuable in God's kingdom. Serving others is a vital part of Christian life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_music_in_worship.htm">The Power of Music in Worship</a></b><br>Music and singing are powerful tools for worship and spiritual expression. They help to uplift the spirit and focus the heart on God, playing a crucial role in both personal and corporate worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sinning_against_your_own_body.htm">Will there be a major revival during the end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/singers__200_(ezra)_or_245_(nehemiah).htm">How many singers accompanied the assembly? Two hundred (Ezra 2:65) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/singers__200_(ezra)_or_245_(nehemiah).htm">How many singers accompanied the assembly? Two hundred (Ezra 2:65) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezra_2_64-65_totals_match_estimates.htm">How can the reported totals in Ezra 2:64-65 align with known population estimates of the region at that time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezra/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(65) The Rabbis accounted for these "ut laetior esset Israelitarum reditus," in order that the return of the Israelites might be more joyful; but they were hired for lamentation as well as joy; and here, possibly, to supply the defect of Levites. In Nehemiah (<a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm" title="Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.">Nehemiah 7:67</a>) there are 245: see for the probable reason of the mistranscription the 245 of the next verse in that chapter.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 65.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Two hundred singing men and singing women</span>. Nehemiah says two hundred <span class="accented">and forty-five</span>, and so the apocryphal Esdras. Perhaps, in the great default of Levites, the services of these persons may have been used to swell the sacred choruses of the time (<a href="/ezra/3-10.htm">Ezra 3:10</a>). Hence, it may be, the mention of this otherwise unimportant fact. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezra/2-65.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">in addition to</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֠לְּבַד</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lə·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their 7,337</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">menservants</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·ḏê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and maidservants,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_519.htm">Strong's 519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A maidservant, female slave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well as their 200</span><br /><span class="heb">מָאתָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṯā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male and female singers.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šō·rə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7891.htm">Strong's 7891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sing</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezra/2-65.htm">OT History: Ezra 2:65 Besides their male servants and their female (Ezr. 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