Nehemiah 7:8

8 the descendants 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 were the people in the province. They were the ones who left the place where the exiles had been taken captive. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken them captive. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went to their own cities.

7 They went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the number of Israelite men from the people in exile:

8 the descendants of Parosh 2,172

9 of Shephatiah 372

10 of Arah 652