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Nehemiah 7:6

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These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

KJV

These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

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This verse in Nehemiah 7

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

my God put it into my heart

on Nehemiah 7:5-7

Nehemiah uses a document already on file, "the genealogical register of those who had first returned" (7:5). The list names Zerubbabel, Jeshua and ten other leaders and largely repeats Ezra 2 with different numbers. The commentators hold two explanations, copyists' drift in the numerals and separate stages of one register.

This site's exposition

the people of the province who came up

The verse copies Ezra 2:1 almost word for word, the opening of the genealogical register Nehemiah found. Matthew Henry offers one account of the differences: one may record the exiles as they left Babylon, the other as they returned to Jerusalem. Verse 73 settles each man in his own town.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 words

Every 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.

  • אֵ֣לֶּה׀these

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[are] [the] children of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַמְּדִינָ֗הthe province

    hamedinahH4082 →53 times

  • הָעֹלִים֙who came up

    haolimH5927 →890 times

  • מִשְּׁבִ֣יfrom [the] captivity of

    misheviH7628 →49 times

  • הַגּוֹלָ֔הthe exile[s]

    hagolahH1473 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֶגְלָ֔הhe had taken into exile

    heglahH1540 →

  • נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadnetzarH5019 →

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֑לBabylon

    bavelH894 →

  • וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּand they returned

    vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times

  • לִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛םto Jerusalem

    lirushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְלִיהוּדָ֖הand to Judah

    velihudahH3063 →819 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeach one

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לְעִירֽוֹ׃to own city his

    leiroH5892 →1090 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 2:1–70Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,5 worksEzra 5:8Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.5 worksJeremiah 52:1–34Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.4 worksJeremiah 39:1–18In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.3 worksNehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”3 works2 Kings 25:11Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 36:1–23Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.2 works2 Kings 24:14–16He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.2 worksEzra 6:2And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:2 worksDaniel 2:25Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”2 worksNehemiah 11:3These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Kings 25:11

    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:12

      On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

    • Ezekiel 5:2

      When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword…

    • Jeremiah 39:9

      Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

    • Ezekiel 22:15–16

      I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

    • Jeremiah 15:1–2

      Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

  • Through

    Ezra 5:8

    Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 10:17

      For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

    • Ezra 1:2–3

      “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at…

    • Daniel 4:2

      I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

Where this verse is studied

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About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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