Nethinim

Their numbers were added to afterwards from captives taken in battle; and they were formally given by David to the Levites (Ezra 8: 20), and so were called Nethinim, i.e., the given ones, given to the Levites to be their servants.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

The total number of Nethinim who returned from Babylon was 612 — 392 with Zerubbabel

The Temple���Its Ministry and Services 1825-1889 1904

The ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned with

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

It was surrounded by a separate wall, and was occupied by the Nethinim after the Captivity.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Lurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2: 47).

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Gibeonites (Josh. 9: 27) were the original caste, afterwards called Nethinim.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

+ Children of Giddel were among the Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

(Ezra 8: 20) At this time the Nethinim probably lived within the precincts of the temple, doing its rougher work and so enabling the Levites to take a higher position as the religious representatives and instructors of the people.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Nethinim were those "whom David and the princes appointed (Heb. gave) for the service of the Levites."

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Bene Hagaba were among the Nethinim who came back from captivity with Zerubbabel.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884