Bible Strands
Nehemiah 7:26
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nehemiah records a census of returning exiles, listing families by their ancestral towns. The verse functions as a data point in a systematic count of households settling in Judah.
The words — אַנְשֵׁי ('an.shé) = men of, and מֵאָה (me'ah) = one hundred. The text pairs these with שְׁמֹנִים (shmoneim) = eighty and וְשְׁמֹנָה (veshmoneh) = and eight to specify the total.
The thread — The same hometown appears in Ezra 2:21 with a different headcount. The parallel lists track the same groups across two separate return cycles.
Why it lands — The verse demands precise accounting of returning families. It requires the reader to recognize how individual records aggregate into a restored community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Cross-references
- Ezra 2:21 the men of Bethlehem, 123;