58 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.

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58 The temple servants(A) and the descendants of the servants of Solomon392
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(A)Now the first to (B)dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the (C)temple servants.

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The People in Jerusalem(A)

Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns(B) were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.(C)

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21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a](C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(A) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](B)—to serve as slave labor,(C) as it is to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

27 But Joshua made them that day (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, (B)in the place that he should choose.

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27 That day he made the Gibeonites(A) woodcutters and water carriers(B) for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose.(C) And that is what they are to this day.

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23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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21 And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders (B)had said of them.

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21 They continued, “Let them live,(A) but let them be woodcutters and water carriers(B) in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

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60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.

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60 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon(A)392
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26 (A)and the temple servants living on (B)Ophel repaired to a point opposite (C)the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

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26 and the temple servants(A) living on the hill of Ophel(B) made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate(C) toward the east and the projecting tower.

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And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and (A)some of the priests and (B)Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple (C)servants.

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Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.(A)

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