Nehemiah 7 · Verse 18

Nehemiah 7:18

The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
Nehemiah 7:18, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:18 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Adonikam, 667;
WEBThe children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven.
ASVThe children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
YLTSons of Adonikam: six hundred sixty and seven.
DARBYThe children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
BBEThe children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
WebsterThe children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven.

What does Nehemiah 7:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73

Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy…

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Nehemiah 7:18 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵי֙be.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אֲדֹ֣נִיקָ֔ם'a.Do.ni.KamAdonikamH140
שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsixH8337
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.ShimsixtyH8346
וְשִׁבְעָֽה\׃\ \סve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:18

  • Ezra 2:13

    The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Adonikam.
Ezr 2:13
666.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:17

    The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:18

    The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

  • Nehemiah 7:19

    The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

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Nehemiah 7:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Adonicam, seiscientos sesenta y siete;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils d’Adonikam, 667;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Adonikams, 667;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Adonicam, sexcenti sexaginta septem: