Nehemiah 7:17-27

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

18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven.

19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty seven.

20 The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty five.

21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight.

22 The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty eight.

23 The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty four.

24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.

25 The children of Gibeon, ninety five.

26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight.

27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight.

Nehemiah 7:17-27 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.