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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (10)

Passages linked to Ezra 2:65 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 19:35 I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
  • Exodus 15:20-21 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
  • 2 Chronicles 35:25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
  • Nehemiah 7:67 in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. They had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
  • Psalms 68:25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
  • Psalms 148:12-13 both young men and maidens; old men and children: let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
  • Isaiah 14:1-2 For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
  • Matthew 9:23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
  • Jeremiah 9:17-18 Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come. Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of…

Ezr 2:65 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.

Ver. 65. Beside their servants, &c.] Their masters’ necessary instruments, και ολως εκεινων, saith Aristotle, and wholly at their command. See Pro 12:9.

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Two hundred singing men and singing women.] That sang at feasts and funerals. See Ecc 2:8. These perhaps might have been as well spared. Nam ad quod prosunt eiusmodi artes (saith one), et quis eiusmodi hominum eas profitentium usus, nisi ut aliis sint oneri, et cibum potumque egenorum, sicut locustae, praerodant atque consumaut? (Funccius).

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For women as well as men were devoted to…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They gave after their ability unto the treasure of…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Women - For women as well as men were…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Ezr 2:65. And singing-women — For women as well…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Servants. Probably strangers. (Calmet) --- Yet the Hebrews might…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 65-68. Servants… horses… camels — To some of these…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 65. their servants and their maids] R.V. their menservants…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (65) The Rabbis accounted for these “ut lætior esset…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain THE NUMBER OF THE SLAVES, HORSES, MULES, CAMELS, AND…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And some of the chief of the fathers, when…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Possessions and the Contributions of the Returned Exiles

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