Ver. 43-58. The Nethinims Supposed by Aben Ezra and Jarchi to be the Gibeonites, who were "given" by Joshua, as the word Nethinims signifies, to the congregation, to be hewers of wood and drawers of water; but rather were those that were given by David to assist the Levites; of these is an account from hence to the end of ( Ezra 2:58 ) , together with those who descended from Solomon's servants, who seem to be the remains of the Canaanites in the land, whom Solomon made bondservants of, ( 1 Kings 9:201 Kings 9:21 ) ( 2 Chronicles 2:17 ) , who, and their posterity, became proselytes; or those sprung from men that were domestic servants of Solomon's, and valued themselves on that account; the number of the Nethinims and these together were three hundred ninety and two.
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The singers: the children of Asaf, one hundred twenty-eight.
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The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of `Akkuv, the children of Hatita, the children of Shovai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
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The temple servants: the children of Tzicha, the children of Hasufa, the children of Tabba`ot,
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the children of Keros, the children of Si`aha, the children of Padon,
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the children of Levanah, the children of Hagava, the children of `Akkuv,