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

^2 (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.

^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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

^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.

⁷ 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.