Nehemiah 7:8

Nehemiah 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:8

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Nehemiah 7:8 In-Context

6 These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the Exile, the ones Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off captive; they came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each going to his own town.
7 They came back in the company of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The numbers of the men of the People of Israel by families of origin:
8 Parosh, 2,172
9 Shephatiah, 372
10 Arah, 652
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