Nehemiah 7:39 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 7:39

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

KJV

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The priests--It appears that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the captivity; and that the course of Abia (Lu 1:5) is not in the list. But it must be noticed that these four courses were afterwards divided into twenty-four, which retained the names of the original courses which David appointed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 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
הַֽכֹּהֲנִ֑ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
בְּנֵ֤י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
יְדַֽעְיָה֙	ye.da'.Yah	Jedaiah	H3048 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	of [the] house of	H1004 →
יֵשׁ֔וּעַ	ye.Shu.a'	Jeshua	H3442 →
תְּשַׁ֥ע	te.Sha'	nine	H8672 →
מֵא֖וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
שִׁבְעִ֥ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ ס	u.she.lo.Shah	and three	H7969 →

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The walk3

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
Ezra 2:36
The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:10
  From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
- 1 Chronicles 24:7–18
  The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
- Ezra 3:9
  So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of…

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Where the connections lead

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06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah