Nehemiah 7:62
in Nehemiah 7the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
KJV
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
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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
but they could not shew
on Nehemiah 7:61-65
Some families come up unable to produce the proof the register demands: they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel, and three priestly families in the same position sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found. Nehemiah, as Tirshatha, rules them polluted and puts them from the priesthood, barred from the most holy things until a priest should stand up with Urim and Thummim to settle what the paper record could not. The genealogy is not decoration; it is the standard a man's whole office can be lost or kept by.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דְלָיָ֥ה | delayah | Delaiah | H1806 → | |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| טוֹבִיָּ֖ה | toiyah | Tobiah | H2900 → | 18 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְקוֹדָ֑א | nekoda' | Nekoda | H5353 → | |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים | vearbaim | and forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ ס | ushenayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
דְלָיָ֥הDelaiah
delayahH1806 →
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
טוֹבִיָּ֖הTobiah
toiyahH2900 →18 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
נְקוֹדָ֑אNekoda
nekoda'H5353 →
שֵׁ֥שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםand forty
vearbaimH705 →136 times
וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סand two
ushenayimH8147 →768 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.