International Standard Bible Encyclopedia SOLOMON'S SERVANTS('adbhedhe shelomoh; douloi Salomon): "The children of Solomon's servants" constituted a company or guild of the Jewish exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonia to Jerusalem in 537 B.C., pursuant to the decree of Cyrus; they are mentioned 5 times (Ezra 2:55, 58 parallel Nehemiah 7:57, 60 Nehemiah 11:3). As the prime purpose of the returning exiles was the rebuilding of the Temple and the restoration of Yahweh's worship (Ezra 1:2, 3), it was important that those who held the privileges of sanctuary service as a family heritage should go back to their duties. This included, besides priests and Levites, the NETHINIM (which see) and Solomon's Servants. In every reference to them, Solomon's Servants are connected with the Nethinim, who had been "given" or dedicated (nethinim or nethunim is pass. participle of nathan, "to give," "to appoint") by David "for the service of the Levites (Ezra 8:20); so Solomon's Servants traced their official beginning back to Solomon's appointment, as their name indicates. In the joint references they always fall into the natural chronological order, i.e. following the Nethinim. It is possible, therefore, that they are referred to in Ezra 7:24 also, under the title "servants of this house of God," which immediately follows "Nethinim" in the list of those exempt from taxation and tolls. TEMPLE KEEPERS (SERVANTS) After the conquest of Midian, "Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh" (Numbers 31:47; compare 31:30). Similarly, after the deception of Joshua by the Gibeonites, "Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, unto this day" (Joshua 9:27). The object of these notices, evidently, is to explain how a non-Israelitish class of sanctuary servants had taken their origin. Their existence at the time of Ezekiel, however, is the object of one of the latter's severest denunciations: "Ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it..... And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves" (Ezekiel 44:7 f). In place of these servants or "keepers" Ezekiel directs that such Levites are to be employed as have been degraded from priestly privileges for participating in idolatrous worship. On them shall devolve all the various duties of the temple except the actual offering of sacrifices, which is reserved for "the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok" (44:10-15). For the use of this deposed class, "the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house," is reserved a special room in the inner court of the temple (40:44). SERVANTS, SOLOMON'S See SOLOMON'S SERVANTS. Greek 3610a. oiketeia -- a household (of servants) ... 3610, 3610a. oiketeia. 3610b . a household (of servants). Transliteration: oiketeia Short Definition: household. Word Origin from ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3610a.htm - 5k 3610. oiketes -- a household (of servants) 1401. doulos -- a slave 1249. diakonos -- a servant, minister 3816. pais -- a child, boy, youth 3011. leitourgos -- a public servant, a minister, a servant 3411. misthotos -- hired, a hired servant 2308. thelesis -- will 4889. sundoulos -- a fellow servant 3610b. oiketes -- a house servant Strong's Hebrew 5411. nethinim -- temple servants... 5410b, 5411. nethinim. 5412 . temple servants. Transliteration: nethinim Phonetic Spelling: (naw-theen') Short Definition: servants. ... /hebrew/5411.htm - 6k 1435. Giddel -- "very great," one of the Nethinim, also one of ... 5412. Nethinin -- temple servants in Isr. 7026. Qeros -- father of some postexilic temple servants 5650. ebed -- slave, servant 5657. abuddah -- service 6380. Pokereth Hatstsebayim -- "bindress of the gazelles," head of ... 5649. abad -- slave, servant 8198. shiphchah -- maid, maidservant 519. amah -- a maid, handmaid Library The Trading Servants The Equipment of the Servants Servants and Lords The Sealing of the Servants of God. Servants and Stewards Here and Hereafter The Rewards of the Trading Servants How Servants and Masters are to be Admonished. The Servants and the Pounds. Unprofitable Servants. Servants of Sin. Thesaurus Servants (763 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SOLOMON'S SERVANTS. ... This included, besides priests and Levites, the NETHINIM (which see) and Solomon's Servants. ... /s/servants.htm - 43k Women-servants (21 Occurrences) Men-servants (22 Occurrences) Maid-servants (25 Occurrences) Bond-servants (12 Occurrences) Wine-servants (2 Occurrences) Fellow-servants (4 Occurrences) Man-servants (1 Occurrence) Attendants (30 Occurrences) Servant-girls (12 Occurrences) Resources What does it mean to be a servant of Christ? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is the meaning of the Parable of the Ten Minas? | GotQuestions.org Who is the Servant of the Lord in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org Servants: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Servants (763 Occurrences)Matthew 6:24 Matthew 10:25 Matthew 13:27 Matthew 13:28 Matthew 14:2 Matthew 18:23 Matthew 18:28 Matthew 18:31 Matthew 20:28 Matthew 21:34 Matthew 21:35 Matthew 21:36 Matthew 22:3 Matthew 22:4 Matthew 22:6 Matthew 22:7 Matthew 22:8 Matthew 22:10 Matthew 22:13 Matthew 24:45 Matthew 24:49 Matthew 25:14 Matthew 25:19 Matthew 26:58 Mark 1:20 Mark 10:45 Mark 12:2 Mark 13:34 Mark 14:54 Mark 14:65 Luke 1:2 Luke 12:37 Luke 12:38 Luke 12:42 Luke 14:17 Luke 15:17 Luke 15:19 Luke 15:22 Luke 15:26 Luke 16:13 Luke 17:10 Luke 19:13 Luke 19:15 John 2:5 John 2:7 John 2:9 John 4:51 John 7:32 John 7:45 John 7:46 John 8:33 John 15:15 John 18:18 John 18:26 John 18:36 Acts 2:18 Acts 4:29 Acts 7:6 Acts 7:7 Acts 10:7 Acts 16:17 Romans 6:6 Romans 6:16 Romans 6:17 Romans 6:18 Romans 6:19 Romans 6:20 Romans 6:22 Romans 7:6 Romans 8:15 Romans 11:7 Romans 12:11 Romans 13:6 Romans 16:18 1 Corinthians 3:5 1 Corinthians 4:1 1 Corinthians 4:2 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Corinthians 9:13 1 Corinthians 12:5 1 Corinthians 12:13 1 Corinthians 16:15 2 Corinthians 3:6 2 Corinthians 4:1 2 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 6:4 2 Corinthians 8:4 2 Corinthians 11:15 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Corinthians 11:23 Galatians 2:4 Galatians 4:8 Galatians 4:9 Galatians 4:24 Galatians 5:13 Ephesians 4:12 Ephesians 6:5 Ephesians 6:6 Philippians 1:1 Colossians 3:22 Subtopics Servants are Inferior to Their Masters Servants: Bad: Absalom's Servants [Absalom's Servants Obeyed a Bad Master; Servants: Bad: Onesimus Before his Conversion Servants: Bad: Servants of Abimelech Servants: Bad: Servants of Abraham and Lot Servants: Bad: Servants of Amon Servants: Bad: Servants of Shimei Servants: Bad: Servants of the High Priest Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Covetousness Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Deceit Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: do not Bear to be Exalted Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Eye-Service Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Gluttony Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Lying Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Men-Pleasers Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Quarrelsomeness Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Shall be Punished Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Stealing Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Unmerciful to Their Fellows Servants: Characteristics of Wicked Servants: Will not Submit to Correction Servants: Christ Condescended to the office of Servants: Divided Into: Female Servants: Duties of, to Masters: Not to Answer Them Rudely Servants: Duties of, to Masters: Not to Defraud Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: Not to Serve Them With Eye-Service, As Men-Pleasers Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Attend to Their Call Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Anxious for Their Welfare Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Earnest in Transacting Their Business Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Faithful to Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Industrious in Labouring for Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Kind and Attentive to Their Guests Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Profitable to Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Prudent in the Management of Their Affairs Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Subject to Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To be Submissive Even to the Froward Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Bless God for Mercies Shown to Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Honor Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Obey Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Please Them Well in all Things Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Pray for Them Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Prefer Their Business to Their own Necessary Food Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Revere Them the More, when They are Believers Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Sympathise With Them Servants: Good: David's Servants Servants: Good: Jonathan's Armour Bearer Servants: Good: Onesimus After his Conversion Servants: Good: Servants of Boaz Servants: Good: Servants of Centurion Servants: Good: Servants of Cornelius Servants: Good: Servants of Naaman Servants: Hired: Anxiety of, for the End of Their Daily Toil, Alluded To Servants: Hired: Called Hireling Servants: Hired: Engaged by the Day Servants: Hired: Engaged by the Year Servants: Hired: Hebrew Slaves Serving Strangers to be Treated As Servants: Hired: Hebrew Slaves Serving Their Brethren to be Treated As Servants: Hired: If Foreigners not Allowed to Partake of the Passover Or Servants: Hired: Not to be Oppressed Servants: Hired: Often Oppressed and Their Wages Kept Back Servants: Hired: Often Stood in the Market Place Waiting for Employment Servants: Hired: Often Will Fed and Taken Care of Servants: Hired: To be Esteemed Worthy of Their Hire Servants: Hired: To be Paid Without Delay at the Expiration of Their Service Servants: Hired: To Partake of the Produce of the Land in the Sabbatical Servants: Persons Devoted to God So Called Servants: Persons Devoted to the Service of Another So Called Servants: Persons of Low Condition So Called Servants: should be Compassionate to Their Fellows Servants: should be Contented in Their Situation Servants: should Follow Christ's Example Servants: should Serve for Conscience Towards God Servants: should Serve in Singleness of Heart Servants: should Serve in the Fear of God Servants: should Serve with Good Will Servants: should Serve: As Doing the Will of God from the Heart Servants: should Serve: As the Servants of Christ Servants: should Serve: Heartily, As to the Lord, and not to Men Servants: Slaves or Bond by Birth Servants: Slaves or Bond by Purchase Servants: Slaves or Bond of Others not to be Coveted or Enticed Away Servants: Slaves or Bond: All Israelites Sold As, to be Free at the Jubilee Servants: Slaves or Bond: Called Bondmen Servants: Slaves or Bond: Captives Taken in War often Kept As Servants: Slaves or Bond: Could not when Set Free Demand Wives or Children Procured Servants: Slaves or Bond: Custom of Branding, Alluded To Servants: Slaves or Bond: Engaged in the Most Menial offices Servants: Slaves or Bond: Israelites Sold As, Refusing Their Liberty, to Have Their Servants: Slaves or Bond: Israelites Sold to Strangers As, Might be Redeemed by Their Servants: Slaves or Bond: Laws Respecting Marriage With Female Servants: Slaves or Bond: Laws Respecting the Killing of Servants: Slaves or Bond: Laws Respecting, often Violated Servants: Slaves or Bond: Maimed of Injured by Masters to Have Their Freedom Servants: Slaves or Bond: Masters to be Recompensed for Injury Done To Servants: Slaves or Bond: More Valuable than Hired Servants Servants: Slaves or Bond: Persons Belonging to Other Nations Might be Purchased As Servants: Slaves or Bond: Persons of Distinction had Many Servants: Slaves or Bond: Persons Unable to Pay Their Debts Liable to be Sold As Servants: Slaves or Bond: Seeking Protection not to be Delivered up to Masters Servants: Slaves or Bond: Seizing and Stealing of Men For, Condemned and Punished By Servants: Slaves or Bond: Sometimes Intermarried With Their Master's Family Servants: Slaves or Bond: Sometimes Rose to Rank and Station Servants: Slaves or Bond: Strangers Sojourning in Israel Might be Purchased As Servants: Slaves or Bond: Thieves Unable to Make Restitution Were Sold As Servants: Slaves or Bond: To be Allowed to Rest on the Sabbath Servants: Slaves or Bond: To be Furnished Liberally, when Their Servitude Expired Servants: Slaves or Bond: To Participate in all National Rejoicings Servants: Slaves or Bond: when Foreigners to be Circumcised Servants: Slaves or Bond: when Israelites not to be Treated With Rigour Servants: Slaves or Bond: when Israelites to Have Their Liberty After Six Years Servants: The Property of Masters Increased by Faithful Servants: The Subjects of a Prince or King So Called Servants: The Term often Used to Express Humility Servants: when Good are Blessed by God Servants: when Good are Brethren Beloved in the Lord Servants: when Good are Guided by God Servants: when Good are Mourned Over After Death Servants: when Good are Partakers of Gospel Privileges Servants: when Good are Prospered by God Servants: when Good are Protected by God Servants: when Good are the Lord's Freemen Servants: when Good are the Servants of Christ Servants: when Good: Adorn the Doctrine of God Their Saviour in all Things Servants: when Good: Bring God's Blessing Upon Their Masters Servants: when Good: Deserve the Confidence of Their Masters Servants: when Good: Have God With Them Servants: when Good: Often Advanced by Master Servants: when Good: Often Exalted Servants: when Good: Shall be Rewarded Servants: when Good: To be Honored Servants: when Patient Under Injury are Acceptable to God Related Terms Women-servants (21 Occurrences) Maid-servants (25 Occurrences) Bond-servants (12 Occurrences) Fellow-servants (4 Occurrences) Servant-girls (12 Occurrences) |