Nehemiah 7:8

8 The family of Parosh 2,172

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 those exiles whom Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile. They all returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to their own town.

7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the people of Israel:

8 The family of Parosh 2,172

9 of Shephatiah 372

10 of Arah 652