Nehemiah 7:36-46

36 of Jericho 345

37 of Lod, Hadid, and Ono 721

38 of Senaah 3,930

39 These priests returned from exile: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

40 of Immer 1,052

41 of Pashhur 1,247

42 of Harim 1,017

43 These Levites returned from exile: the descendants of Jeshua, that is, of Kadmiel [and] of Hodeiah 74

44 These singers returned from exile: the descendants of Asaph 148

45 These gatekeepers returned from exile: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai 138

46 These temple servants returned from exile: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

Nehemiah 7:36-46 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.