Nehemiah 7:32
the men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three;
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
In Context
31the men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two;
33the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;
Cross References
Joshua 8:9And Joshua sent them forth, and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai, but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Ezra 2:28The men of Bethel and Ai, two 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 →