Nehemiah 7:29
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three;
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
In Context
28the men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two;
30the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one;
Cross References
Joshua 9:17And the sons of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Judges 18:12And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
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 →