Nehemiah 7:45
in Nehemiah 7The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.
KJV
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
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This verse in Nehemiah 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseOr perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245.
This site's exposition
the children of Jedaiah
on Nehemiah 7:39-45
The register turns from the laity to temple service: the priests by four courses, Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur and Harim, then the Levites, the singers of Asaph and the porters at the gates. Only four of the priestly courses David had organized returned from Babylon, and those four were later divided again to restore the full twenty-four; Luke's Gospel still finds one of the recovered courses, Abia, serving centuries later. The temple's staff is rebuilt in miniature before the temple's worship is ever described.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind their duty, are watchmen on the walls.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים | hashoarim | the gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שַׁלּ֤וּם | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָטֵר֙ | ʾater | Ater | H333 → | 5 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| טַלְמֹ֣ן | talmon | Talmon | H2929 → | 5 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַקּ֔וּב | ʾakuv | Akkub | H6126 → | 8 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲטִיטָ֖א | chatita' | Hatita | H2410 → | |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֹׁבָ֑י | shovai | Shobai | H7630 → | |
| מֵאָ֖ה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ ס | ushemonah | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗יםthe gatekeepers
hashoarimH7778 →37 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שַׁלּ֤וּםShallum
shalumH7967 →
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
אָטֵר֙Ater
ʾaterH333 →5 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
טַלְמֹ֣ןTalmon
talmonH2929 →5 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
עַקּ֔וּבAkkub
ʾakuvH6126 →8 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
חֲטִיטָ֖אHatita
chatita'H2410 →
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
שֹׁבָ֑יShobai
shovaiH7630 →
מֵאָ֖הone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ סand eight
ushemonahH8083 →109 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 2:42The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:1–19
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1–19
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.