Ezra 2:43-54

Ezra 2:43-54

[43] The Nethinims:  the children  of Ziha,  the children  of Hasupha,  the children  of Tabbaoth,  [44] The children  of Keros,  the children  of Siaha,  the children  of Padon,  [45] The children  of Lebanah,  the children  of Hagabah,  the children  of Akkub,  [46] The children  of Hagab,  the children  of Hanan,  [47] The children  of Giddel,  the children  of Gahar,  the children  of Reaiah,  [48] The children  of Rezin,  the children  of Nekoda,  the children  of Gazzam,  [49] The children  of Uzza,  the children  of Paseah,  the children  of Besai,  [50] The children  of Asnah,  the children  of Mehunim,  the children  of Nephusim,  [51] The children  of Bakbuk,  the children  of Hakupha,  the children  of Harhur,  [52] The children  of Bazluth,  the children  of Mehida,  the children  of Harsha,  [53] The children  of Barkos,  the children  of Sisera,  the children  of Thamah,  [54] The children  of Neziah,  the children  of Hatipha. 

What does Ezra 2:43-54 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The "temple servants" were an order of Israelites that David had established to assist the Levites ( Ezra 8:20). The biblical writers sometimes called them the Nethinim (lit. those given, i.e, dedicated, to God). They may have been the descendants of the Gibeonites whom Joshua had subjugated ( Joshua 9:27), and or the descendants of other war captives. [1]