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Nehemiah 7:57 Explained in Context
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Verse 57. 57The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
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Quick Meaning
This verse begins Solomon's-servant families with Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 7:57–7:60
Read Nehemiah 7:57–7:60 together. This verse begins Solomon's-servant families with Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida. Read Nehemiah 7:57–7:60 as one complete scene: Ten families of Solomon's servants are named, and their total is combined with the temple servants at 392.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Families called Solomon's servants and the combined total with the Nethinim form one closing service-register section. Its placement advances the book. The inherited title preserves institutional history but must not obscure persons behind an ownership-shaped label. Within that movement, this verse begins Solomon's-servant families with Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida.
Read Nehemiah 7:57–60 together
Why these verses belong together: Families called Solomon's servants and the combined total with the Nethinim form one closing service-register section.
Verse 57. 57 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Verse 58. 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
Verse 59. 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
Verse 60. 60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 7:57–7:60, Nehemiah 7:57 begins Solomon's-servant families with Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida. Language inherited from unequal systems should be explained honestly while the persons it labels retain full dignity.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 7:57, attend to how the verse begins Solomon's-servant families with Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida. When records use ownership terms, identify the historical institution, refuse euphemism, and center those subjected to it.
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Read Nehemiah 7:57–7:60 — Solomon's servants complete the service blockSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Nehemiah 7:57–7:60, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nehemiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, Persian titles, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Neh.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 7:57–7:60
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Nehemiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded KJV comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, literary, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence in the notes is not treated as positive evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Nehemiah PDF, printed pp. 770–772, translation text and any translator notes printed for 7:57–7:60
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