in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
- NASB besides their male and female slaves who totaled 7,337; and they had two hundred singing men and women.
- NLT in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.
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Quick answer
Besides the assembly, there were over 7,000 servants and 200 singers. Even the means for worship and daily life were accounted for.
Overview
The mention of singing men and women shows that joyful, ordered worship was part of the restored community's life. God's people returned not merely to survive but to praise Him. The detail underscores that worship was central to the rebuilding of Israel's identity.
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- 2 Sam 19:35I 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?
- Ps 148:12–13young men and maidens, old and young together.
- 2 Chr 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- Exod 15:20–21Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Isa 14:1–2For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
- Matt 9:23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- Ps 68:25The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Neh 7:67in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
- Eccl 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Jer 9:17–18This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
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