Nehemiah 11:6
4 while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
5 and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.
The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
7 From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
8 and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
- KJV
- All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
- WEB
- All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
- ASV
- All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
- DARBY
- All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
- BLB
- All the sons of Perez who dwelt in Jerusalem [were] four hundred sixty-eight men of valor.
- ÅB
- Peres' barn som bodde i Jerusalem, var i alt fire hundre og åtte og seksti krigsdyktige menn.
- OTB
- Etterkommerne av Peres som bodde i Jerusalem, talte 468 djerve menn.
- B1930
- Peres' barn som bodde i Jerusalem, var i alt fire hundre og åtte og seksti krigsdyktige menn.