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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• ¹{i}And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.{/i}
¹⁵And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava: and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (Ezra 8:1,15)

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

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the children.

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

the Levites.

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

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Ezra 8:15‑20• ¹⁵And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava: and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
¹⁶Then sent I 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; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
¹⁷And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto 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, {i}namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;{/i}
¹⁹{i}and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;{/i}
²⁰{i}and 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.{/i} (Ezra 8:15‑20)

singers.

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

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1 Chron. 25:1‑8• ¹Moreover, David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries and with cymbals; and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
²{i}of 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.{/i}
³{i}Of 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.{/i}
⁴{i}Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:{/i}
⁵{i}all 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.{/i}
⁶{i}All 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.{/i}
⁷{i}And 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.{/i}
⁸{i}And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.{/i} (1 Chron. 25:1‑8)

porters.

Ezra 2:42• ⁴²{i}The 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.{/i} (Ezra 2:42)

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1 Chron. 9:17‑27• ¹⁷{i}And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.{/i}
¹⁹{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.{/i}
²¹{i}Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.{/i}
²²{i}All 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.{/i}
²³{i}And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.{/i}
²⁴{i}At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.{/i}
²⁵{i}And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.{/i}
²⁶{i}For 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;{/i}
²⁷{i}for 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.{/i} (1 Chron. 9:17‑27)

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Neh. 7:45• ⁴⁵{i}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, a hundred and thirty-eight.{/i} (Neh. 7:45)

Nethinims.

Ezra 7:24• ²⁴{i}Also 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.{/i} (Ezra 7:24)

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Ezra 2:43‑70• ⁴³{i}The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,{/i}
⁴⁴{i}the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,{/i}
⁴⁵{i}the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,{/i}
⁴⁶{i}the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,{/i}
⁴⁷{i}the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,{/i}
⁴⁸{i}the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,{/i}
⁴⁹{i}the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, the children of Besai,{/i}
⁵⁰{i}the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephusim,{/i}
⁵¹{i}the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,{/i}
⁵²{i}the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,{/i}
⁵³{i}the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,{/i}
⁵⁴{i}the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.{/i}
⁵⁵{i}The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,{/i}
⁵⁶{i}the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,{/i}
⁵⁷{i}the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Ami{/i}.
⁵⁸All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
⁵⁹{i}And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan, Immer; but they could not show their fathers' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.{/i}
⁶⁰{i}The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.{/i}
⁶¹And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
⁶²these sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
⁶³And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
⁶⁴{i}The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,{/i}
⁶⁵{i}besides 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.{/i}
⁶⁶{i}Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules two hundred and forty-five;{/i}
⁶⁷{i}their camels four hundred and thirty-five; the asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.{/i}
⁶⁸{i}And 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.{/i}
⁶⁹{i}They 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.{/i}
⁷⁰{i}And 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.{/i} (Ezra 2:43‑70)

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Ezra 8:20• ²⁰{i}and 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.{/i} (Ezra 8:20)

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Neh. 7:46‑73• ⁴⁶{i}The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,{/i}
⁴⁷{i}the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,{/i}
⁴⁸{i}the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,{/i}
⁴⁹{i}the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,{/i}
⁵⁰{i}the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,{/i}
⁵¹{i}the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,{/i}
⁵²{i}the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,{/i}
⁵³{i}the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,{/i}
⁵⁴{i}the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,{/i}
⁵⁵{i}the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,{/i}
⁵⁶{i}the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.{/i}
⁵⁷{i}The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,{/i}
⁵⁸{i}the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,{/i}
⁵⁹{i}the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.{/i}
⁶⁰{i}All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.{/i}
⁶¹{i}And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.{/i}
⁶²{i}The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.{/i}
⁶³{i}And 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.{/i}
⁶⁴{i}These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.{/i}
⁶⁵{i}And 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.{/i}
⁶⁶{i}The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,{/i}
⁶⁷{i}besides 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.{/i}
⁶⁸{i}Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;{/i}
⁶⁹{i}the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.{/i}
⁷⁰{i}And 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.{/i}
⁷¹{i}And 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.{/i}
⁷²{i}And 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.{/i}
⁷³{i}And 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,{/i} (Neh. 7:46‑73)

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Neh. 10:28• ²⁸{i}And 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,{/i} (Neh. 10:28)

Artaxerxes.

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

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Ezra 6:14• ¹⁴And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo: and they builded, and finished 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• ¹{i}And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.{/i} (Ezra 8:1)

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Neh. 2:1• ¹{i}And 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.{/i} (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.)

W. Kelly 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.)

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)