Berean Standard Bible
Nehemiah 7:5-38
5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 7accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.1
This is the count of the men of Israel:
8the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; 9the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; 10the descendants of Arah, 652; 11the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818; 12the descendants of Elam, 1,254; 13the descendants of Zattu, 845; 14the descendants of Zaccai, 760; 15the descendants of Binnui,2 648; 16the descendants of Bebai, 628; 17the descendants of Azgad, 2,322; 18the descendants of Adonikam, 667; 19the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067; 20the descendants of Adin, 655; 21the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; 22the descendants of Hashum, 328; 23the descendants of Bezai, 324; 24the descendants of Hariph,3 112; 25the descendants of Gibeon,4 95; 26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; 27the men of Anathoth, 128; 28the men of Beth-azmaveth,5 42; 29the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; 30the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; 31the men of Michmash, 122; 32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; 33the men of the other Nebo,6 52; 34the descendants of the other Elam,7 1,254; 35the descendants of Harim, 320; 36the men8 of Jericho, 345; 37the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721; 38and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.
Notes
- 1. Nehemiah 7:7 Parallel text at Ezra 2:2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah ↩
- 2. Nehemiah 7:15 Binnui is a variant of Bani; see Ezra 2:10. ↩
- 3. Nehemiah 7:24 Hariph is a variant of Jorah; see Ezra 2:18. ↩
- 4. Nehemiah 7:25 Gibeon is a variant of Gibbar; see Ezra 2:20. ↩
- 5. Nehemiah 7:28 Beth-azmaveth is a variant of Azmaveth; see Ezra 2:24. ↩
- 6. Nehemiah 7:33 Or of West Nebo ↩
- 7. Nehemiah 7:34 Or of West Elam ↩
- 8. Nehemiah 7:36 Literally the sons; here and in verse 37 ↩
Commentaries on Nehemiah 7
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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