Nehemiah 7:5

So then my God put it into my heart, and I gathered together the nobles and the deputies and the people, to register their genealogy,—then found I a register roll, of them who came up at the first, and found written therein:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 broad on both hands, and large, but, the people, were few in the midst thereof,—and the houses had not been built.

6These, are the sons of the province, who came up from among the Captives of the Exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did exile,—but they came back to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his own city;

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Cross References

Ezra 2:62These, sought their writing wherein they were registered, but they were not found,—so they were desecrated out of the priesthood;

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

Nehemiah 7:64These, sought their writing wherein they were registered, but it was not found,—so they were desecrated out of the priesthood;

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God;—

Philippians 2:12So, then, my beloved—even as ye have always obeyed, not [as] in my presence only, but, now, much more, in my absence, with fear and trembling, your own salvation, be working out;

James 1:16Be not deceived, my brethren beloved:—

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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