Ezer was the head of one of the 24 priestly divisions that King David organized for service in the temple. His division was assigned the seventeenth lot among the 24 priestly courses. The name Ezer also appears among those who sealed the covenant in Nehemiah's time.
Avaintapahtumat
The Organization of the Priestly Divisions
King David organized the priests into 24 divisions for service in the sanctuary. Ezer was assigned the seventeenth division by lot.
4Since the sons of Eleazar had more men at the head of their families than the sons of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral houses from the sons of Eleazar, and eight from the sons of Ithamar.
5They divided them by lot, one group with the other, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
6Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a scribe from the Levites, recorded their names in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and the Levites—one ancestral house drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.
Hesir's descendants were among those who committed themselves to keep God's commands and regulations when the people renewed their covenant with God after returning from Babylon.
1In view of all this, we are entering into a binding agreement, put in writing; and on the sealed document are the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests.
29The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands in order to follow the Law of God, together with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who had the knowledge to understand—