Nehemiah 7:29 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 7:29

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

KJV

The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Or 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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַנְשֵׁ֨י	'an.Shei	[the] men of	H582 →
קִרְיַ֤ת	kir.Yat	Kiriath	H7157 →
יְעָרִים֙	ye.'a.Rim	Jearim	H7157 →
כְּפִירָ֣ה	ke.fi.Rah	Kephirah	H3716 →
וּבְאֵר֔וֹת	u.ve.'e.Rot	and Beeroth	H881 →
שְׁבַ֥ע	she.Va'	seven	H7651 →
מֵא֖וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ ס	u.she.lo.Shah	and three	H7969 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
leads to
- Joshua 9:17
  So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:15
  This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Joshua 15:34
  Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
Through
Judges 18:12
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
leads to
- Judges 13:25
  And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5–6
  So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- Joshua 15:60
  Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
Through
Joshua 9:17
So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
leads to
- Joshua 18:25–28
  Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Ezra 2:25
  the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah