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7:50 the descendants <01121> of Reaiah <07211>, the descendants <01121> of Rezin <07526>, the descendants <01121> of Nekoda <05353>, 7:51 the descendants <01121> of Gazzam <01502>, the descendants <01121> of Uzzah <05798>, the descendants <01121> of Paseah <06454>, 7:52 the descendants <01121> of Besai <01153>, the descendants <01121> of Meunim <04586>, the descendants <01121> of Nephussim <05300>, 7:53 the descendants <01121> of Bakbuk <01227>, the descendants <01121> of Hakupha <02709>, the descendants <01121> of Harhur <02744>, 7:54 the descendants <01121> of Bazluth <01213>, the descendants <01121> of Mehida <04240>, the descendants <01121> of Harsha <02797>, 7:55 the descendants <01121> of Barkos <01302>, the descendants <01121> of Sisera <05516>, the descendants <01121> of Temah <08547>, 7:56 the descendants <01121> of Neziah <05335>, the descendants <01121> of Hatipha <02412>. 7:57 The descendants <01121> of the servants <05650> of Solomon <08010>: the descendants <01121> of Sotai <05479>, the descendants <01121> of Sophereth <05618>, the descendants <01121> of Perida <06514>, 7:58 the descendants <01121> of Jaala <03279>, the descendants <01121> of Darkon <01874>, the descendants <01121> of Giddel <01435>, 7:59 the descendants <01121> of Shephatiah <08203>, the descendants <01121> of Hattil <02411>, the descendants <01121> of Pokereth-Hazzebaim <06380>, and the descendants <01121> of Amon <0526>. 7:60 All <03605> the temple servants <05411> and the descendants <01121> of the servants <05650> of Solomon <08010>, 392 <08673> <03967> <07969>. 7:61 These <0428> are the ones who came up <05927> from Tel Melah <08528>, Tel Harsha <08521>, Kerub <03743>, Addon <0114>, and Immer <0564> (although they were unable <03201> <03808> to certify <05046> their family <01004> connection <01> or <0518> their ancestry <02233>, as to whether <0518> they <01992> were really from Israel <03478>): 7:62 the descendants <01121> of Delaiah <01806>, the descendants <01121> of Tobiah <02900>, and the descendants <01121> of Nekoda <05353>, 642 <08147> <0705> <03967> <08337>. 7:63 And from <04480> among the priests <03548>: the descendants <01121> of Hobaiah <02252>, the descendants <01121> of Hakkoz <06976>, and the descendants <01121> of Barzillai <01271> (who <0834> had married <03947> a woman <0802> from the daughters <01323> of Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> and was called <07121> by <05921> that name <08034>). 7:64 They <0428> searched <01245> for their records <03791> in the genealogical materials <03187>, but none <03808> were found <04672>. They were therefore excluded <01351> from <04480> the priesthood <03550>. 7:65 The governor <08660> instructed <0559> them not <03808> to eat <0398> any of the sacred <06944> food until <05704> there was a priest <03548> who could consult <05975> the Urim <0224> and Thummim <08550>. 7:66 The entire <03605> group <06951> numbered 42,360 <08346> <03967> <07969> <0505> <07239> <0702>, 7:67 not counting <0905> their <0428> 7,337 <07651> <07970> <03967> <07969> <0505> <07651> male <05650> and female <0519> servants <05650>. They also had 245 <02568> <0705> <03967> male <07891> and female <07891> singers <07891> <07891>. 7:68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 7:69 435 <02568> <07970> <03967> <0702> camels <01581>, and 6,720 <06242> <03967> <07651> <0505> <08337> donkeys <02543>. 7:70 Some <07117> of the family <01> leaders <07218> contributed <05414> to the work <04399>. The governor <08660> contributed <05414> to the treasury <0214> 1,000 <0505> gold <02091> drachmas <01871>, 50 <02572> bowls <04219>, and 530 <03967> <02568> <07970> priestly <03548> garments <03801>. 7:71 Some of the family <01> leaders <07218> gave <05414> to the project <04399> treasury <0214> 20,000 <07239> gold <02091> drachmas <01871> and 2,200 <03967> <0505> <08147> silver <03701> minas <04488>. 7:72 What <0834> the rest <07611> of the people <05971> gave <05414> amounted to 20,000 <07239> <08147> gold <02091> drachmas <01871>, 2,000 <0505> silver <03701> minas <04488>, and 67 <07651> <08346> priestly <03548> garments <03801>. 7:73 The priests <03548>, the Levites <03881>, the gatekeepers <07778>, the singers <07891>, some of <04480> the people <05971>, the temple servants <05411>, and all <03605> the rest of Israel <03478> lived <03427> in their cities <05892>. When the seventh <07637> month <02320> arrived <05060> and the Israelites <03478> <01121> were settled in their cities <05892>,

• Neh 7:73--8:18 -- The People Respond to the Reading of the Law

• 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 ...
  

• 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; ...
  

• 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

  [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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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:...
  

• Perida

  [ebd] kernel, Neh. 7:57. (See PERUDA.)
  [isbe] PERIDA - pe-ri'-da (peridha' "recluse"): A family of "Solomon's servants" (Neh 7:57). In Ezr 2:55, a difference in the Hebrew spelling gives "Peruda" for the same person, who is also the "Pharida" of 1 Esdras 5:33.
  [smith] (grain, kernel), The children of Perida returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:57) (B.C. before 536.)
  [nave] PERIDA, one of the servants of Solomon. Descendants of, returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, Neh. 7:57. Called Peruda in Ezra 2:55.
  

• Sisera

  [ebd] (Egypt. Ses-Ra, "servant of Ra"). (1.) The captain of Jabin's army (Judg. 4:2), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. After all was lost he fled to the settlement of Heber the Kenite ...
  [isbe] SISERA - sis'-er-a (cicera', of doubtful meaning; S(e)isara): (1) Given in Judges 4 as the captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor. The accounts given of the battle of Sisera with Barak, as found in Judges 4 and 5, have ...
  [smith] (battle array). Captain of the army of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. He himself resided in Harosheth of the Gentiles. The particulars of the rout of Megiddo and of Sisera?s flight and death are drawn out under ...
  [nave] SISERA 1. Captain of a Canaanite army, defeated by Barak; slain by Jael, Judg. 4; 5:20-31; 1 Sam. 12:9; Psa. 83:9. 2. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55.
  

• Neziah

  [ebd] victory; pure, Ezra 2:54; Neh. 7:56.
  [isbe] NEZIAH - ne-zi'-a (netsiach): The head of a family of Nethinim (Ezr 2:54; Neh 7:56), called in 1 Esdras 5:32, "Nasi" (the King James Version and the Revised Version margin "Nasith").
  [smith] (pre-eminent). The descendants of Neziah were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:54; Nehemiah 7:56) (B.C.536.)
  [nave] NEZIAH, one of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:54; Neh. 7:56.
  

• MONEY

  [ebd] Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word is used in connection with the purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23:16), and again in connection with Jacob'...
  [smith] Uncointed money. --It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice represented on the Egyptian monuments, on which gold and silver are shown to have been kept in the ...
  

• Harsha

  [ebd] worker or enchanter, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54).
  [isbe] HARSHA - har'-sha (charsha'): Head of one of the families of the Nethinim (Ezr 2:52; Neh 7:54); 1 Esdras 5:32, "Charea."
  [smith] (deaf). Bene-Harsha were among the families of Nethinim who came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54)
  [nave] HARSHA, one of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54.
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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

  [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.
  

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