Nehemiah 7:24-34

24 The family of Jorah 112
25 The family of Gibbar 95
26 The people of Bethlehem and Netophah 188
27 The people of Anathoth 128
28 The people of Beth-azmaveth 42
29 The people of Kiriath-jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth 743
30 The people of Ramah and Geba 621
31 The people of Micmash 122
32 The people of Bethel and Ai 123
33 The people of West Nebo 52
34 The citizens of West Elam 1,254

Nehemiah 7:24-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. As in parallel text at Ezra 2:18 ; Hebrew reads Hariph.
  • [b]. As in parallel text at Ezra 2:20 ; Hebrew reads Gibeon.
  • [c]. Or of the other Nebo.
  • [d]. Or of the other Elam.
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