Nehemiah 7:2-12

2 then I put ¹Hanani my brother, and ²Hananiah the commander of ³the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was ⁴a faithful man and feared God more than many.

3 Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house."

4 Now the city was large * and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.

5 ⁵Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record:

6 ⁶These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

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

8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172 * * *;

9 the sons of Shephatiah, 372 * * *;

10 the sons of Arah, 652 * * *;

11 the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818 * * * *;

12 the sons of Elam, 1,254 * * *;

Nehemiah 7:2-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 1:2
• 2. Nehemiah 10:23
• 3. Nehemiah 2:8
• 4. Nehemiah 13:13
• 5. Proverbs 2:6; Proverbs 3:6
• 6. Ezra 2:1-70

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "and I found written in it"
• [b] Lit "sons"
• [c] In Ezra 2:2, "Seraiah"
• [d] In Ezra 2:2, "Reelaiah"
• [e] In Ezra 2:2, "Mispar"
• [f] In Ezra 2:2, "Rehum"