Nehemiah 7:39 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁹The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

Nehemiah 7:39 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 24:7-19
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, …
Ezra 2:36
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

Topics

Dress Government High Priest Israel, Prophecies Concerning Officer Priest Worship

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-73)

We have here another good project of Nehemiah’s; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church. He knew very well that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the number and valour of the inhabitants than upon the height or strength of its walls; and therefore, observing that the people were few that dwelt in…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 39)

39. The priests--It appears that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the captivity; and that the course of Abia (Lu 1:5) is not in the list. But it must be noticed that these four courses were afterwards divided into twenty-four, which retained the names of the original courses which David appointed.