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Andb there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinimsc, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

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Ezra 8:1,15• ¹And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
¹⁵And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. (Ezra 8:1,15)

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Ezra 2:43• ⁴³The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, (Ezra 2:43)

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the children.

Ezra 8:1‑14• ¹And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
²Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;
³of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.
⁴Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
⁵Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
⁶And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
⁷And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
⁸And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
⁹Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
¹⁰And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
¹¹And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
¹²And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
¹³And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
¹⁴And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. (Ezra 8:1‑14)

the Levites.

Ezra 2:40‑41• ⁴⁰The Levites: the children of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
⁴¹The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight. (Ezra 2:40‑41)

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Ezra 8:15‑20• ¹⁵And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
¹⁶And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
¹⁷And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
¹⁸And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
¹⁹and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
²⁰and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name. (Ezra 8:15‑20)

singers.

1 Chron. 6:31‑48• ³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.
³²And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
³³And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
³⁸the son of Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
⁴³the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,
⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. (1 Chron. 6:31‑48)

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1 Chron. 25:1‑8• ¹And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:
²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:
⁵all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.
⁷And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
⁸And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar. (1 Chron. 25:1‑8)

porters.

Ezra 2:42• ⁴²The children of the doorkeepers: 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 a hundred and thirty-nine. (Ezra 2:42)

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1 Chron. 9:17‑27• ¹⁷And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.
¹⁸And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.
¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.
²⁰And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.
²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
²²All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.
²³And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.
²⁴At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
²⁵And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.
²⁶For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;
²⁷for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. (1 Chron. 9:17‑27)

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Neh. 7:45• ⁴⁵The doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight. (Neh. 7:45)

Nethinims.

Ezra 7:24• ²⁴Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, and toll upon them. (Ezra 7:24)

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Ezra 2:43‑70• ⁴³The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
⁴⁴the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
⁴⁵the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
⁴⁶the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
⁴⁷the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
⁴⁸the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
⁴⁹the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, the children of Besai,
⁵⁰the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephusim,
⁵¹the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
⁵²the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
⁵³the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
⁵⁴the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
⁵⁵The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
⁵⁶the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
⁵⁷the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
⁵⁸All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
⁵⁹And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan, Immer; but they could not shew their fathers' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
⁶⁰The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
⁶¹And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
⁶²These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
⁶³And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
⁶⁴The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
⁶⁵besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
⁶⁶Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules two hundred and forty-five;
⁶⁷their camels four hundred and thirty-five; the asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
⁶⁸And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.
⁶⁹They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.
⁷⁰And the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. (Ezra 2:43‑70)

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Ezra 8:20• ²⁰and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name. (Ezra 8:20)

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Neh. 7:46‑73• ⁴⁶The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
⁴⁷the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
⁴⁸the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
⁴⁹the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
⁵⁰the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
⁵¹the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
⁵²the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
⁵³the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
⁵⁴the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
⁵⁵the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
⁵⁶the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
⁵⁷The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
⁵⁸the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
⁵⁹the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
⁶⁰All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
⁶¹And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
⁶²The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
⁶³And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name.
⁶⁴These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
⁶⁵And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.
⁶⁶The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
⁶⁷besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.
⁶⁸Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
⁶⁹the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
⁷⁰And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.
⁷¹And some of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.
⁷²And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' coats.
⁷³And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities, (Neh. 7:46‑73)

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Neh. 10:28• ²⁸And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge and having understanding, (Neh. 10:28)

Artaxerxes.

Ezra 7:11‑12• ¹¹And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
¹²Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth. (Ezra 7:11‑12)

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Ezra 6:14• ¹⁴And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed it according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. (Ezra 6:14)

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Ezra 8:1• ¹And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 8:1)

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Neh. 2:1• ¹And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence. (Neh. 2:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)