Nehemiah 7 · Verse 26

Nehemiah 7:26

The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

Nehemiah 7:26, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:26 in other translations

BSB	the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
WEB	The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.
ASV	The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.
YLT	Men of Beth-Lehem and Netophah: a hundred eighty and eight.
DARBY	The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.
BBE	The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.
Webster	The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight.

What does Nehemiah 7:26 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 7:26 in the original Hebrew

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אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582

בֵֽית\־veit-Beth-H1035

לֶ֙חֶם֙le.chem-lehemH1035

וּנְטֹפָ֔הu.ne.to.Fahand NetophahH5199

מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967

שְׁמֹנִ֥יםshe.mo.NimeightyH8084

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \סu.she.mo.Nahand eightH8083

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:26

Ezra 2:21-22
The children of Beth–lehem, an hundred twenty and three. The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The men.The Septuagint reads here the same as in the parallel place, [Huioi Baithalem, hekaton eikositris; huioi Atopha (Alex. Anetopha) pentekontaex;] "The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty and three; the children of Netophah, fifty and six." Though this reading is not found in any Hebrew MS. yet collated, it is doubtless the true one.
Bethlehem.
Ezr 2:21,22
179.

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Context

Nehemiah 7:25
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
Nehemiah 7:26
The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Nehemiah 7:27
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

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Nehemiah 7:26 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los varones de Beth-lehem y de Netopha, ciento ochenta y ocho;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	les hommes de Bethléhem et de Netopha, 188;
German Elberfelder 1871	die Männer von Bethlehem und Netopha, 188;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	filii Bethlehem et Netupha, centum octoginta octo.