Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Ziha
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Ziha

Ziha [Zī'hă]—sunniness.

  1. Founder and head of a family of Nethinims who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). It may be that Ziha is the same person of Nehemiah 11:21.
  2. A ruler of the Nethinims in Jerusalem (Neh. 11:21).

The Nethinim or Nethinims, meaning “men who are given,” were the servants or slaves of the Temple and given for the service of the Levites (Ezra 8:20). Originally they were assigned to lowly duties (Josh. 9:23) but gradually rose to superior positions (Ezra 8:24) becoming, in prestige, equivalent to the Levites.

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