Nehemiah 7:60
58 the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
59 the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
61 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
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- BSB
- The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- KJV
- All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
- WEB
- All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred ninety-two.
- ASV
- All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon`s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
- DARBY
- All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
- BLB
- All the Nethinim and the sons of the servants of Solomon [were] three hundred ninety-two.
- ÅB
- Alle tempeltjenerne og Salomos tjeneres barn var tilsammen tre hundre og to og nitti.
- OTB
- Tempeltjenerne og etterkommerne av Salomos tjenere utgjorde 392.
- B1930
- Alle tempeltjenerne og Salomos tjeneres barn var tilsammen tre hundre og to og nitti.
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Cross references
Ezra 2:58
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
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