The listing of "Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-Hazzebaim and Ami" continues enumeration of Solomon's servants, emphasizing that this service class comprised multiple distinct family lineages inherited from the pre-exile period. The enumeration of multiple servant families demonstrates that Solomon's servant class had maintained distinct genealogical organization through the exile period and returned with sufficient populations to resume their traditional roles in temple service. The documentation of this servant class alongside other service categories indicates that restoration planners prioritized including all available personnel with relevant experience and genealogical inheritance, ensuring that the restored temple benefited from established traditions and organizational structures. The continued enumeration of servant families emphasizes that restoration encompassed not merely ideology but practical reconstitution of established social and labor structures that had sustained the pre-exile institution.

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