Nehemiah 7:28-38

28 The men of Bethasmoth, forty-two.

29 The men of Cariatharim, Caphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

30 The men of Arama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty.

31 The men of Machemas, a hundred and twenty-two.

32 The men of Baethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

33 The men of Nabia, a hundred an fifty-two.

34 The men of Elamaar, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two.

35 The children of Eram, three hundred and twenty.

36 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

37 The children of Lodadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.

38 The children of Sanana, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

Nehemiah 7:28-38 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.