Ezra Chapter 2 verse 55 Holy Bible
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
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Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Peruda,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 55. - Solomon's servants. Solomon formed the remnant of the Canaanitish population which survived at his day into a separate servile class, which he employed in forced labours (1 Kings 9:20, 21). It would seem that the descendants of these persons, having been carried into captivity by the Chaldaeans, continued to form a distinct class, and had become attached to the sacerdotal order, as a body of hieroduli inferior even to the Nethinims. We may account for their special mention at this time by the importance of their services, when such a work as that of rebuilding the temple was about to be taken in hand.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(55) The children of Solomon's servants.--These are mentioned in 1 Kings 9 as a servile class, formed of the residue of the Canaanites. They were probably inferior to the Nethinims, but are generally classed with them, as in the general enumeration here. Both these classes retained during their captivity their attachment to the service into which they had been received; and, the Levites being so few, their value in the reconstitution of the Temple gave them the special importance they assume in these books.
