Nehemiah 11:7

Nehemiah 11:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the 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 Jesaiah.
• New International Version (NIV)From 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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the 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;

Context of Nehemiah 11:7

5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah. 6The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men. These are 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, 8and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai – 928 in all. 9Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

Nehemiah 11:7 word by word

וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן סַלֻּ֡א בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּ֡ם בֶּן־יוֹעֵ֡ד בֶּן־פְּדָיָה֩ בֶן־ק֨וֹלָיָ֧ה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה בֶּן־אִֽיתִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• Salluסַלּוּאsalû salû' sâlû' sallay · SalluH5543
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Meshullamמְשֻׁלָּםmeshûllâm · MeshullamH4918
• of Joedיוֹעֵדyô‛êd · JoedH3133
• of Pedaiahפְּדָיָהוּpedâyâh pedâyâhû · PedaiahH6305
• of Kolaiahקוֹלָיָהqôlâyâh · KolaiahH6964
• of Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהוּma‛ăώêyâh ma‛ăώêyâhû · MaaseiahH4641
• of Ithielאִיתִיאֵל'îythîy'êl · IthielH384
• of Jesaiahיְשַׁעְיָהyesha‛yâh yesha‛yâhû · JeshaiahH3470

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:7

• 1 Chronicles 9:7From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:7

• 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 11:7

• Ithiel
• Jesaiah
• Joed
• Kolaiah
• Maaseiah
• Meshullam
• Pedaiah
• Sallu

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Benjamin, Benjaminite
• Isaiah
• Sallu
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Ithiel
• Jeshaiah
• Joed

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