KJV King James Version
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];
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Nehemiah 7:7
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
WEB World English Bible
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
ASV American Standard Version
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.The number of the men of the people of Israel:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
who are coming in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. Number of the men of the people of Israel:
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 7
4 Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.
5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
6 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;
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַבָּאִ֣יםH935 · boto come (in): comeעִם־H5973 · imwithזְרֻבָּבֶ֗לH2216 · ze.rub.ba.velZerubbabelיֵשׁ֡וּעַH3442 · ye.shu.aJeshuaנְחֶמְיָ֡הH5166 · ne.chem.yahNehemiahעֲ֠זַרְיָהH5838 · a.zar.yahAzariahרַֽעַמְיָ֨הH7485 · ra.am.yahRaamiahנַחֲמָ֜נִיH5167 · na.cha.ma.niNahamaniמָרְדֳּכַ֥יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiבִּלְשָׁ֛ןH1114 · bil.shanBilshanמִסְפֶּ֥רֶתH4559 · mis.pe.retMisperethבִּגְוַ֖יH902 · big.vayBigvaiנְח֣וּםH5149 · ne.chumNehumבַּעֲנָ֑הH1196 · ba.a.nahBaanahמִסְפַּ֕רH4557 · mis.parnumberאַנְשֵׁ֖יH582 · e.noshhumanעַ֥םH5971 · ampeopleיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Ezra 2:2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:Zechariah 3:1-3And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,Nehemiah 12:1Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Matthew 1:12-13And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;Ezra 3:8-9Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.Nehemiah 2:2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,Ezra 5:2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping them.Ezekiel 1:11Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were] joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.Nehemiah 12:3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Nehemiah 12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.Nehemiah 12:10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
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