2:58 All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.
7:57 The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
1 tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from the sons of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”
3 sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.
4 tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”