Nehemiah 11:14

Nehemiah 11:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
• New International Version (NIV)and his associates, who were men of standing—128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men.

Context of Nehemiah 11:14

12and their kinsmen who did the work of the temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. 15Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;

Nehemiah 11:14 word by word

וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה וּפָקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־הַגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

• and their brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• warriorsגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• 128מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 128עֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• 128שְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• And their overseerפָּקִידpâqîyd · overseerH6496
• was Zabdielזַבְדִּיאֵלzabdîy'êl · ZabdielH2068
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Mighty men of valor - Noted for strength of body, and military courage.Read the comment
• 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 11:14

• Zabdiel

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• Zabdiel
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Law in the Old Testament

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