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

6There were 468 descendants of Perez who went to live in Jerusalem. They were all brave men. 7From the tribe of Benjamin: Sallu, son of Meshullam and Joed's grandson. His other ancestors were: Pedaiah, Kolaiah, Maaseiah, Ithiel and Jeshaiah. Sallu's relatives, Gabbai and Sallai were also there. There were 928 men from Benjamin's tribe. 9Zicri's son, Joel, was the officer with authority over them. Hassenuah's son, Judah, was the next most important officer in the city. 10From the priests: Joiarib's son, Jedaiah, and Jakin.

Nehemiah 11:8 word by word

וְאַחֲרָ֖יו גַּבַּ֣י סַלָּ֑י תְּשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him Gabbaiגַּבַּיgabbay · `men`H1373
• Sallaiסַלָּ֑יsalû salû' sâlû' sallay · `valor`H5543
• nineתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh 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