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) Bible Concordance Servants (763 Occurrences)Matthew 6:24 "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold. Matthew 10:25 Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants? Matthew 13:27 The servants of the householder came and said to him,'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?' Matthew 13:28 "He said to them,'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him,'Do you want us to go and gather them up?' Matthew 14:2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him." Matthew 18:23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. Matthew 18:28 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying,'Pay me what you owe!' Matthew 18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done. Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men. Matthew 21:34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. Matthew 21:35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Matthew 21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way. Matthew 22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. Matthew 22:4 Again he sent out other servants, saying,'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"' Matthew 22:6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. Matthew 22:7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire. Matthew 22:8 "Then he said to his servants,'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy. Matthew 22:10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. Matthew 22:13 Then the king said to the servants,'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' Matthew 24:45 Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season? Matthew 24:49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, Matthew 25:14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. Matthew 25:19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. Matthew 26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. Mark 1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. Mark 10:45 For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men. Mark 12:2 At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes. Mark 13:34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Mark 14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Luke 1:2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them. Luke 12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time? Luke 14:17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. Luke 15:17 But when he came to himself he said,'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger! Luke 15:19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."' Luke 15:22 "But the father said to his servants,'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. Luke 15:26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on. Luke 16:13 "No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold." Luke 17:10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say,'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'" Luke 19:13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them,'Conduct business until I come.' Luke 19:15 "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business. John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it." John 2:7 Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top. John 2:9 When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom, John 4:51 As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!" John 7:32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him. John 7:45 Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you? John 7:46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man. John 8:33 They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?' John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. John 18:18 Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself. John 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?" John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here." Acts 2:18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy. Acts 4:29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, Acts 7:6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years. Acts 7:7 And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place. Acts 10:7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually. Acts 16:17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!" Romans 6:6 Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin. Romans 6:16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered. Romans 6:18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness. Romans 6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification. Romans 6:20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Romans 6:22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life. Romans 7:6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter. Romans 8:15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. Romans 11:7 How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened. Romans 12:11 Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants, Romans 13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing. Romans 16:18 For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple. 1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? 1 Corinthians 4:1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries. 1 Corinthians 4:2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons. 1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar? 1 Corinthians 12:5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit. 1 Corinthians 16:15 Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints, 2 Corinthians 3:6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 4:1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong: 2 Corinthians 4:5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 2 Corinthians 6:4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, 2 Corinthians 8:4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints: 2 Corinthians 11:15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 2 Corinthians 11:20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often. Galatians 2:4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us; Galatians 4:8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods: Galatians 4:9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again? Galatians 4:24 Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar. Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. Ephesians 4:12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: Ephesians 6:5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; Ephesians 6:6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants : Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. 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) Vine-dressers (18 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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