Ezra 10:24 (DBY)

Passage

And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:22 And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

Ezra 10:23 And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

Ezra 10:24 And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

Ezra 10:25 And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

Ezra 10:26 And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "singers", "eliashib", "doorkeepers", "shallum", and "telem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "singers" and "eliashib", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And of the Levites Jozabad and Shimei..." into verse 25's "And of Israel of the children of...", so "singers" and "eliashib" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "singers" and "eliashib" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.