Nehemiah 7:5

And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,

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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

4Nowe the citie was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not buylded.

6These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caryed away) and they returned to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie.

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Cross References

Ezra 2:62These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.

Nehemiah 5:19Remember me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.

Nehemiah 7:64These sought their writing of the genealogies, but it was not founde: therefore they were put from the Priesthood.

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient of our selues, to thinke any thing, as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God,

Philippians 2:12Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed me, not as in my presence only, but now much more in mine absence, so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling.

James 1:16Erre not, my deare 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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