Nehemiah 11:18
in Nehemiah 11The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
KJV
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Shemaiah son of Hasshub
on Nehemiah 11:15-19
The Levites total 284, and the gatekeepers count 172, doorkeeping entered as a numbered office. Verse 17 keeps a liturgical detail the register did not need: Mattaniah, of the line of Asaph, "led in thanksgiving and prayer." For one verse a name list records who led Israel's praise.
This site's exposition
The Levites in the holy city totaled 284
The Levites of the holy city totaled 284, against 1,192 priests in verses 12 to 14. The first return had brought only 74 Levites at 7:43, and Ezra found no Levites in his company at Ezra 8:15. Clarke calls the Levites few.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Who had their residence there, Neh 11:1.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַלְוִיִּם֙ | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| בְּעִ֣יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| מָאתַ֖יִם | matayim | two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שְׁמֹנִ֥ים | shemonim | eighty | H8084 → | |
| וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ פ | vearbaah | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַלְוִיִּם֙the Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
בְּעִ֣ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
מָאתַ֖יִםtwo hundred
matayimH3967 →581 times
שְׁמֹנִ֥יםeighty
shemonimH8084 →
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ פand four
vearbaahH702 →318 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Matthew 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
it leads to
- Daniel 9:27
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple…
- Daniel 12:11
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Mark 13:14
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Luke 21:20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Daniel 11:31
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Daniel 9:27
Through
Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
- Hebrews 11:10
Through
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up…
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:11–14
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part…
- Hebrews 9:11–14
About Nehemiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
