Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 7:5-38
5Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:
6These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town.
7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included
8Parosh’s descendants 2,172
9Shephatiah’s descendants 372
10Arah’s descendants 652
11Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818
12Elam’s descendants 1,254
13Zattu’s descendants 845
14Zaccai’s descendants 760
15Binnui’s descendants 648
16Bebai’s descendants 628
17Azgad’s descendants 2,322
18Adonikam’s descendants 667
19Bigvai’s descendants 2,067
20Adin’s descendants 655
21Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98
22Hashum’s descendants 328
23Bezai’s descendants 324
24Hariph’s descendants 112
25Gibeon’sdescendants 95
26Bethlehem’sand Netophah’smen 188
27Anathoth’smen 128
28Beth-azmaveth’s men 42
29Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men 743
30Ramah’s and Geba’s men 621
31Michmas’s men 122
32Bethel’s and Ai’s men 123
33the other Nebo’s men 52
34the other Elam’s people 1,254
35Harim’s people 320
36Jericho’s people 345
37Lod’s,Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 721
38Senaah’s people 3,930.
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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