Nehemiah 7:12
the sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four;
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
In Context
13the sons of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five;
Cross References
Ezra 2:7The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 10:26And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:6-73
The Register of the Captives. ( b. c. 445.) 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… Read the whole commentary →