Nehemiah 7:60
58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
61 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
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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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 2:58
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
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