Nehemiah 11:8

Nehemiah 11:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
• New International Version (NIV)and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and his brothers, men of valor, 928.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and after him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Context of Nehemiah 11:8

6The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor. 7From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men. 9Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city. 10From the priests:

Nehemiah 11:8 word by word

וְאַחֲרָ֖יו גַּבַּ֣י סַלָּ֑י תְּשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• and his followersאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Gabbaiגַּבַּיgabbay · `men`H1373
• and Sallaiסַלָּ֑יsalû salû' sâlû' sallay · `valor`H5543
• 928 menתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• 928 menמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 928 menעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• 928 menשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-19Verses 4-19 See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles: (table not shown) According to Nehemiah‘s numbers, supplemented from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The story goes back to the topic of bringing people back to live in the safe city of Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 7:1–5). The list of names is similar to the one in 1 Chronicles 9:2–17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-364. at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah--The discrepancy that is apparent between this [Ne 11:4-36] and the list formerly given in 1Ch 9:1-9, arose not only from the Jewish and Oriental practice of changing or modifying the names of persons from a change of circumstances, but from the alterations that must have been produced in the course of time. The catalogue in Chronicles contains those who came with the first detachment of returned…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 11:8

• Gabbai
• Sallai

In the dictionaries

• Sallai
• Chronicles, Books of
• Gabbai
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings