Nehemiah 7:5

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

4Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

6These 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 who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

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Cross References

Ezra 2:62These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 5:19Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

Nehemiah 7:64These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God;

Philippians 2:12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

James 1:16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:2-5

The Completion of the Wall. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants… Read the whole commentary →

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