Nehemiah 7:51-61

51 of Gazzam, of Uzza, of Paseah,

52 of Besai, of Meunim, of Nephushesim,

53 of Bakbuk, of Hakupha, of Harhur,

54 of Bazlith, of Mehida, of Harsha,

55 of Barkos, of Sisera, of Temah,

56 of Neziah, of Hatipha.

57 The descendants of Solomon's servants: of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida,

58 of Jaala, of Darkon, of Giddel,

59 of Shephatiah, of Hattil, of Pochereth-hazzebaim, of Amon.

60 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants were three hundred ninety-two.

61 The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:

Nehemiah 7:51-61 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.