Bible Strands
Nehemiah 7:31
the men of Michmash, 122;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — This verse appears in a post-exilic registry listing returning families and their numbers. It records the headcount of men from a specific town as part of an administrative census.
The words — מִכְמָ֔ס (mikh.Mas) = Micmash; מֵאָ֖ה (me.'Ah) = one hundred. These terms identify the geographic location and the precise numerical tally recorded in the list.
The thread — The location of Michmash appears in 1 Samuel 13:5 and 1 Samuel 13:23 during Philistine military movements. Ezra 2:27 repeats this identical census figure for the same community.
Why it lands — It functions as a historical ledger requiring the reader to acknowledge the documented reality of the returning population. It demands attention to the specific accounting of the community rather than offering narrative or theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 13:5 Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:23 And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- Ezra 2:27 the men of Michmash, 122;
- Isaiah 10:28 Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.