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7:38 the descendants of Senaah , 3,930 . 7:39 The priests : the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua ), 973 ; 7:40 the descendants of Immer , 1,052 ; 7:41 the descendants of Pashhur , 1,247 ; 7:42 the descendants of Harim , 1,017 . 7:43 The Levites : the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel , through the line of Hodaviah ), 74 . 7:44 The singers : the descendants of Asaph , 148 . 7:45 The gatekeepers : the descendants of Shallum , the descendants of Ater , the descendants of Talmon , the descendants of Akkub , the descendants of Hatita , and the descendants of Shobai , 138 . 7:46 The temple servants : the descendants of Ziha , the descendants of Hasupha , the descendants of Tabbaoth , 7:47 the descendants of Keros , the descendants of Sia , the descendants of Padon , 7:48 the descendants of Lebanah , the descendants of Hagabah , the descendants of Shalmai , 7:49 the descendants of Hanan , the descendants of Giddel , the descendants of Gahar , 7:50 the descendants of Reaiah , the descendants of Rezin , the descendants of Nekoda , 7:51 the descendants of Gazzam , the descendants of Uzzah , the descendants of Paseah , 7:52 the descendants of Besai , the descendants of Meunim , the descendants of Nephussim , 7:53 the descendants of Bakbuk , the descendants of Hakupha , the descendants of Harhur , 7:54 the descendants of Bazluth , the descendants of Mehida , the descendants of Harsha , 7:55 the descendants of Barkos , the descendants of Sisera , the descendants of Temah , 7:56 the descendants of Neziah , the descendants of Hatipha . 7:57 The descendants of the servants of Solomon : the descendants of Sotai , the descendants of Sophereth , the descendants of Perida , 7:58 the descendants of Jaala , the descendants of Darkon , the descendants of Giddel , 7:59 the descendants of Shephatiah , the descendants of Hattil , the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim , and the descendants of Amon . 7:60 All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon , 392 . 7:61 These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah , Tel Harsha , Kerub , Addon , and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry , as to whether they were really from Israel ): 7:62 the descendants of Delaiah , the descendants of Tobiah , and the descendants of Nekoda , 642 . 7:63 And from among the priests : the descendants of Hobaiah , the descendants of Hakkoz , and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name ). 7:64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials , but none were found . They were therefore excluded from the priesthood . 7:65 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim . 7:66 The entire group numbered 42,360 , 7:67 not counting their 7,337 male and female servants . They also had 245 male and female singers . 7:68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 7:69 435 camels , and 6,720 donkeys . 7:70 Some of the family leaders contributed to the work . The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas , 50 bowls , and 530 priestly garments . 7:71 Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas . 7:72 What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,000 gold drachmas , 2,000 silver minas , and 67 priestly garments .
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7:73 The priests , the Levites , the gatekeepers , the singers , some of the people , the temple servants , and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities . When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities ,

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  • Genealogy

    [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...

  • GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

    [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...

  • Nehemiah

    [nave] NEHEMIAH 1. Son of Hachaliah, Neh. 1:1. Cupbearer of Artaxerxes, Neh. 1:11; 2:1. Is grieved over the desolation of his country, Neh. 1. Is sent by the king to rebuild Jerusalem, Neh. 2:1-8. Register of the people whom he...

  • Levites

    [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Priest

    [ebd] The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved on the head of the famil...
    [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....

  • DARIC

    [ebd] in the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Pe...
    [isbe] DARIC - dar'-ik (darkemon, and 'adharkon; dareikos): A Persian gold coin about a guinea or five dollars in value. The first form of the word occurs in 1 Ch 29:7; Ezr 2:69, and Neh 7:70-72; the second in Ezr 8:27 and is rende...
    [smith] (from dara , a king), Authorized Version "dram," (1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70,71,72) a gold coin current in Palestine in the period after the return from Babylon. It weighed 128 grains, and was worth ...

  • Tirshatha

    [ebd] a word probably of Persian origin, meaning "severity," denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Neh. 8:9; 10:1, and the "governo...
    [isbe] TIRSHATHA - ter-sha'-tha, tur'-sha-tha (tirshatha'; Hathersatha): A title which occurs 5 times in Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezr 2:63; Neh 7:65, the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin "governor"...
    [smith] (always written with the article), the title of the governor of Judea under the Persians, perhaps derived from a Persian root signifying stern, severe, is added as a title after the name of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 8:9; 10:1) and ...
    [nave] TIRSHATHA, a title of Persian governors, Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70; 8:9.

  • Immer

    [ebd] talkative. (1.) The head of the sixteenth priestly order (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) Jer. 20:1. (3.) Ezra 2:37; Neh. 7:40. (4.) Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. (5.) The father of Zadok (Neh. 3:29).
    [isbe] IMMER - im'-er ('immer): (1) A priest of David's time (1 Ch 24:14), whose descendants are mentioned in Ezr 2:37; 10:20; Neh 3:29; 7:40; 11:13. (2) A priest of Jeremiah's time (Jer 20:1). (3) A place in Babylonia (Ezr 2:59; N...
    [smith] (talkative). The founder of an important family of priests. (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:13) This family had charge of, and gave its name to, the sixteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1014.) Ap...
    [nave] IMMER 1. A family of priests, 1 Chr. 9:12; Ezra 2:37; 10:20; Neh. 7:40; 11:13. 2. Head of a division of priests, 1 Chr. 24:14. 3. Name of a man or town, Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. 4. Father of Zadok, Neh. 3:29. 5. Father of P...

  • Nethinim

    [ebd] the name given to the hereditary temple servants in all the post-Exilian books of Scripture. The word means given, i.e., "those set apart", viz., to the menial work of the sanctuary for the Levites. The name occurs seventeen...
    [isbe] NETHINIM - neth'-i-nim (nethinim, "given"; Natheineim; the King James Version Nethinims): 1. Meaning: A group of temple-servants (1 Ch 9:2 and 16 times in Ezra and Nehemiah). The word has always the article, and does not occ...
    [nave] NETHINIM Servants of the Levites, Ezra 8:20. Return from the captivity, 1 Chr. 9:2; Ezra 2:43, 58, 70; 7:7, 24; 8:17; Neh. 3:26, 31; 7:46, 60, 73; 10:28; 11:3, 21.

  • Nekoda

    [isbe] NEKODA - ne-ko'-da (neqodha'): (1) Head of a family of Nethinim (Ezr 2:48; Neh 7:50; compare 1 Esdras 5:31). (2) Head of a family which failed to prove its Israelite descent (Ezr 2:60; Neh 7:62; compare 1 Esdras 5:31,37). In...
    [smith] (distinguished). The descendants of Nekoda returned among the Nethinim after the captivity. (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:50) The sons of Nekoda were among those who went up after the captivity from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, and other ...
    [nave] NEKODA, name of two Jewish exiles, Ezra 2:48, 60; Neh. 7:50, 62.

  • Giddel

    [isbe] GIDDEL - gid'-el (giddel, "very great," "stout"): (1) The name of the head of a family of Nethinim (Ezr 2:47 = Neh 7:49 = 1 Esdras 5:30 (here as Cathua)). (2) The name of the head of a family of Solomon's servants (Ezr 2:56 ...
    [smith] (very great). Children of Giddel were among the Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:49) Bene-Giddel were also among the "servants of Solomon" who returned to Judea in the name car...
    [nave] GIDDEL 1. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:47; Neh. 7:49. 2. One of Solomon's servants, Ezra 2:56; Neh. 7:58.

  • Pound

    [ebd] (1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39). (2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24...
    [smith] A weight. [See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES] A sum of money put in the Old Testament, (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71) for the Hebrew maneh , worth in silver about . In the parable of the ten pounds, (Luke 1...
    [nave] POUND The Hebrew word "maneh'' is translated "pound,'' 1 Kin. 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72, and is equivalent to about one pound, fourteen ounces. In John 12:3 the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces. In Luke 19:...

  • Barzillai

    [isbe] BARZILLAI - bar-zil'-a-i, bar-zil'-i (barzillay; Berzelli, "man of iron" (BDB, but compare Cheyne, Encyclopedia Biblica)): (1) A Gileadite of Rogelim who brought provisions to David and his army to Mahanaim, in their flight ...
    [smith] (iron, i.e., strong). A wealthy Gileadite who showed hospitality to David when he fled form Absalom. (2 Samuel 17:27) (B.C. 1023.) He declined the king?s offer of ending his days at court. (2 Samuel 19:32-39) A Meholat...
    [nave] BARZILLAI 1. A friend of David, 2 Sam. 17:27-29; 19:31-39; 1 Kin. 2:7; Ezra 2:61; Neh. 7:63. 2. Father of Adriel, 2 Sam. 21:8. 3. A priest, Ezra 2:61; Neh. 7:63.

  • Delaiah

    [ebd] freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah's first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12). (3.) The he...
    [isbe] DELAIAH - de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah"). (2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Ch 24:18). (3) One of the princes who plea...
    [smith] (freed by Jehovah). A priest in the time of David, leader of the twenty-third course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:18) (B.C. 1014.) "Children of Delaiah" were among the people of uncertain pedigree who returned from Babylo...
    [nave] DELAIAH 1. Head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order, 1 Chr. 24:18. 2. A prince of Judah, Jer. 36:12, 25. 3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives, Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62. 4. Father of a false prophet, N...

  • Senaah

    [ebd] thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38).
    [isbe] SENAAH - se-na'-a, sen'-a-a (cena'ah; Codex Vaticanus Sanana; Sananat; Codex Alexandrinus Sanana, Sennaa, Hasan): The children of Senaah are mentioned as having formed part of the company returning from the captivity with Ze...
    [smith] (thorny). The "children (i.e. the inhabitants) of Senaah" are enumerated among the "people of Israel" who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:35; Nehemiah 7:38) (B.C. 536.) The Magdal Senna of Eusebius and Je...
    [nave] SENAAH, a city of unknown location, Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38.

  • Dram

    [ebd] The Authorized Version understood the word 'adarkonim (1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regar...
    [nave] DRAM Called also Drachm. A Persian coin of differently estimated value, 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72.

  • Ziha

    [ebd] drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).
    [isbe] ZIHA - zi'-ha (tsicha', tsicha' (Neh 7:46), meaning unknown): An overseer of Nethinim (Neh 11:21) who are called (Ezr 2:43; Neh 7:46) "the children (or sons) of Ziha." The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrinus omit N...
    [smith] (parched). The children of Ziha were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46) (B.C. 536.) Chief of the Nethinim in Ophel. (Nehemiah 11:21) The name is probably identical with the precedin...
    [nave] ZIHA 1. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46. 2. A ruler of the Nethinim, Neh. 11:21.

  • Abijah

    [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which...

  • Barkos

    [ebd] painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim.
    [isbe] BARKOS - bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored'' (?): compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:53; Neh 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32...
    [smith] (painted). "Children of Barkos" were among the Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55) (B.C. 536.)
    [nave] BARKOS, a Jew whose descendants returned from exile, Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55.
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  • The Book of Samuel covers the period of Israel's history bracketed by Samuel's conception and the end of David's reign. David turned the kingdom over to Solomon in 971 B.C.3David reigned for 40 and one-half years (2 Sam. 2:11...
  • This list clearly defines the priests and Levites' line of descent. Only the descendants of Aaron, the priests, could serve in the temple by offering sacrifices on the incense altar (v. 49; cf. Num. 3:5-38). Nehemiah correctl...
  • This chapter contains a record of the people who responded to Cyrus' decree and returned to the Promised Land. It is a list of families rather than individuals and the towns in Babylon from which they came. Almost all of thes...
  • Ackroyd, Peter R. I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah. London: SCM Press, 1973._____. "The Temple Vessels--A Continuity Theme."Vetus Testamentum Supplement23 (1972):166-81.Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmilla...
  • The years of history the book covers are 445-431 B.C. or perhaps a few years after that.In 445 B.C. (the twentieth year of Artaxerxes' reign, 1:1) Nehemiah learned of the conditions in Jerusalem that led him to request permis...
  • I. The fortification of Jerusalem chs. 1-7A. The return under Nehemiah chs. 1-21. The news concerning Jerusalem 1:1-32. The response of Nehemiah 1:4-113. The request of Nehemiah 2:1-84. The return to Jerusalem 2:9-20B. The re...
  • This is not a list of the people who accompanied Nehemiah to Jerusalem in 444 B.C. but a record of those who returned with Sheshbazzar, Zerubbabel, and Jeshua in 537 B.C. (v. 7). It is almost identical to the list in Ezra 2.W...
  • One writer viewed chapters 8-13 (really 7:73-13:37) as the third part of the tripartite structure of Ezra-Nehemiah. Ezra 1:1-4 deals with "potentiality,"the decree to the community to build God's house. Ezra 1:5--Nehemiah 7:7...
  • Ackroyd, Peter R. I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah. London: SCM Press, 1973.Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed., New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977.Albright, William F. The...
  • Zechariah began ministering among the Jews who had returned from captivity in Babylon (i.e., the restoration community) two months after Haggai began preaching (1:1; 7:1; cf. Neh. 12:10-16; Hag. 1:1). In a sense, Zechariah's ...
  • A. Women served in the doorway of the Tabernacle (Exod. 38:8; 1 Sam. 2:22).The same word (saba) is used of their work as that of the Levites. These women were probably widows who devoted themselves to the service of God.B. Mi...
  • 7:1-2 The writer referred to Melchizedek (lit. righteous king, probably a title rather than a proper name) as the head of a priestly order. It was not uncommon for one individual to combine the roles of priest and king in ant...
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