Nehemiah 7:26
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred eighty-eight;
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
In Context
25the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;
27the men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight;
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Ezra 2:21The sons of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty-three.
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 →