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KJB-1611¶ [fn]The children of Solomons seruants. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, (¶ The children of Solomons servants. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,)
BshpsThe children of Solomons seruautes, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, (The children of Solomons servants, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,)
GnvaThe sonnes of Salomons seruantes: the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, the sonnes of Peruda, (The sons of Salomons servantes: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda, )
CvdlThe children of Salomons seruauntes. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pruda, (The children of Salomons servants. The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pruda,)
Wycthe sones of the seruauntis of Salomon, the sones of Sothelthei, the sones of Soforeth, the sones of Pharuda, the sones of Asa, (the sons of the servants of Salomon, the sons of Sothelthei, the sons of Soforeth, the sons of Pharuda, the sons of Asa,)
Luthdie Kinder der Knechte Salomos: die Kinder Sotai, die Kinder Sophereth, die Kinder Pruda, (die children the/of_the servant(s) Salomos: the children Sotai, the children Sophereth, the children Pruda,)
ClVgfilii servorum Salomonis, filii Sotai, filii Sophereth, filii Pharuda, (filii servorum Salomonis, children Sotai, children Sophereth, children Pharuda, )
2:1-70 This chapter is the first of Ezra’s major digressions from the main story line. The returning exiles needed to keep track of who the true Jews were so that the community could maintain its identity (by knowing whom they could marry) and theological purity (by knowing who could worship at the Temple). This list is not an initial list (cp. Neh 7:6-73) of all the Jews who returned to Jerusalem but a slightly later list (after Sheshbazzar had died) of people who had settled in their towns.
By servants of Solomon, this list does not mean officials who served in Solomon’s court. Rather, this phrase refers to people whom Solomon first conscripted as laborers. They were descendants of the groups that were living in the land of Canaan before the Israelites occupied it. They and their descendants remained conscripted laborers (slaves) under later kings. Alternate translation: “the laborers that King Solomon first conscripted” or “the laborers who had worked for the kingdom under Solomon”
sons_of Sotai sons_of the,Hassophereth sons_of (Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants Shəlomoh's sons_of Sotai sons_of the,Hassophereth sons_of Peruda )
Here, sons means descendants. Alternate translation: “they were from the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,” beginning a series that will continue through 2:57.
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
