Nehemiah 7:44

148 singers who are descendants of Asaph.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

In Context

43Other descendants of Levi who returned were: 74 from the clan of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who are descendants of Hodevah who is also known as Hodaviah;

45Also 138 temple gatekeepers from the clans of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai returned.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 25:2From the sons of Asaph they chose Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Aserelah. Asaph supervised them. And the king appointed Asaph to proclaim God’s messages.

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 →

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