Nehemiah 7:29
The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, end Beroth, seven hundred forty-three.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
In Context
28The men of Bethazmoth, forty-two.
30The men of Rama and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
Cross References
Joshua 9:17And the children of Israel removed the camp, and came into their cities on the third day, the names of which are Gabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth, and Cariathiarim.
Judges 18:12And going up they lodged in Cariathiarim of Juda: which place from that time is called the camp of Dan, and is behind Cariathiarim.
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 →