Ezra 2:65 · KJV
“Beside their servants and their maids, of whom {there were} seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and {there were} among them two hundred singing men and singing women.”
— Ezra 2:65
The whole congregation together {was} forty and two thousand three hundred {and} threescore,
Their horses {were} seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Ezra 2 — Context
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. {Tirshatha: or, governor}
64The whole congregation together {was} forty and two thousand three hundred {and} threescore,
65Beside their servants and their maids, of whom {there were} seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and {there were} among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
66Their horses {were} seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
67Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; {their} asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:35
I {am} this day fourscore years old: {and} can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, {as} musical instruments, and that of all sorts. {musical...: Heb. musical instrument and instruments}
Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
Exodus 15:20-21
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Nehemiah 7:67
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom {there were} seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Isaiah 14:1-2
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Psalms 148:12-13
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they {are} written in the lamentations.