And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight:
and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.
and after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
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And after him,.... That is, Sallu: were Gabbai and Sallai; in all nine hundred and twenty eight; there were more of the tribe of Benjamin than of the tribe of Judah, they having perhaps a greater share in the city, or were better disposed to dwell in it.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
