Nehemiah 7:29
the people from Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
In Context
28the people from Beth-azmaveth 42;
30the people from Ramah and Geba, 621;
Cross References
Joshua 9:17The Israelites left to go to the Gibeonite towns, and arrived there on the third day. The towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
Judges 18:12En route they camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That's why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called the Camp of Dan to this very day.
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 →