The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hati´ta, the children of Sho´bai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Neth´inim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerx´es the king.
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphi´a, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Neth´inim, at the place Casiphi´a, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
also of the Neth´inim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Neth´inim: all of them were expressed by name.
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Neth´inim, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Neth´inim, and the children of Solomon's servants.