KJV ORIGINAL
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But the temple servants lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gispa were their supervisors.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows that the temple workers had their own residential area with appointed leaders to oversee them.
📚 Historical Context
The Nethinims were temple servants, likely descendants of foreign peoples who had been assigned to help the Levites with temple duties. Ophel was a specific district in Jerusalem, located on the hill between the City of David and the temple mount. After returning from Babylonian exile, Nehemiah was organizing where different groups of people would live as Jerusalem was being rebuilt and repopulated.
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