Nehemiah 7:10-20

10 The sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.

11 The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

12 The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

13 The sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.

14 The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

15 The sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.

16 The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

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

18 The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and seventy-seven.

19 The sons of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.

20 The sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.

Nehemiah 7:10-20 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.