Nehemiah 7:8-18

8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy two.

9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.

10 The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty two.

11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen.

12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.

13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty five.

14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

15 The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty eight.

16 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty eight.

17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty two.

18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven.

Nehemiah 7:8-18 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.