Nehemiah 7:8

8 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172

Nehemiah 7:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 The family of Parosh 2,172
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 the descendants of Parosh 2,172
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 There were 2,172 from the family line of Parosh.

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 came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
7 in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah): The list of the men of Israel:
8 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172
9 of Shephatiah, 372
10 of Arah, 652
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