Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there
were
seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven
This shows that the greater part of those that returned were of
the poorer sort, since there were so few servants that belonged
unto them; these came not into the above account:
and there were among them two hundred singing men and
singing women;
among the servants, who were kept by persons of figure for their
pleasure and recreation, see ( Ecclesiastes
2:8 ) , for that these were such as were employed in sacred
service is not so clear, especially the latter, though some
conclude it from ( 1 Chronicles
25:5 1 Chronicles
25:6 ) , but rather they were such as were employed at
marriages, festivals, and funerals; though Jarchi thinks they
were employed by the returning captives, to make them cheerful as
they travelled along, (See Gill on Isaiah
55:12).