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Nehemiah 7:29
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nehemiah records the census of returning exiles and their assigned settlements immediately following the completion of Jerusalem's wall reconstruction.
The words — קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (kir.Yat ye.'a.Rim) translates to Kiriath-jearim, and כְּפִירָה (ke.fi.Rah) denotes the town of Chephirah.
The thread — Ezra 2:25 lists these same three towns with the identical headcount of 743, while Joshua 9:17 and Joshua 18:25 identify them as former Canaanite settlements incorporated into Israelite territory.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how post-exilic leadership systematically restored ancestral inheritance and population registers to reestablish covenant identity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
Cross-references
- Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Ezra 2:25 the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
- Joshua 9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
- Judges 18:12 They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.