Nehemiah 11:18

Bible in Basic English

All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the Levites in the holy city: 284.

Hebrew Names Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

King James Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

English Standard Version
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

New Century Version
All together 284 Levites lived in the holy city of Jerusalem.

New English Translation
The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.

Amplified Bible
All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

New American Standard Bible
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

World English Bible
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

Geneva Bible (1587)
All the Leuites in the holy citie were two hundreth foure score and foure.

Legacy Standard Bible
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

Berean Standard Bible
The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

Contemporary English Version
Altogether, two hundred eighty-four Levites settled in the holy city.

Complete Jewish Bible
All the L'vi'im in the holy city numbered 284.

Darby Translation
all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

Easy-to-Read Version
So there were 284 Levites who moved into Jerusalem, the holy city.

George Lamsa Translation
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

Good News Translation
In all, 284 Levites lived in the holy city of Jerusalem.

Lexham English Bible
All of the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

Literal Translation
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty four.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All the Leuites in the holy cite were two hundreth and foure & foure score.

American Standard Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the Leuites in the holy citie, were two hundred foure score and foure.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

King James Version (1611)
All the Leuites in the holy City, were two hundred, fourescore and foure.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
two hundred and eighty-four.

English Revised Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle the dekenes in the hooli citee, weren two hundrid and foure score and foure.

Update Bible Version
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

Webster's Bible Translation
All the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred and eighty four.

New King James Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

New Living Translation
In all, there were 284 Levites in the holy city.

New Life Bible
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

New Revised Standard
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the Levites in the holy city, were two hundred and eighty-four.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

Revised Standard Version
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

Young's Literal Translation
All the Levites, in the holy city, [are] two hundred eighty and four.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns. ² And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem. ³ Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; ⁵ And Maaseiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. ⁶ All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position. ⁷ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. ⁸ And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight. ⁹ And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town. ¹⁰ Of the priests: Jedaiah, the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the holy: Nehemiah 11:1, 1 Kings 11:13, Daniel 9:24, Matthew 24:15, Matthew 27:53, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 21:2

Reciprocal: Isaiah 48:2 - they call

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Who had their residence there, Nehemiah 11:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles:

	1 Chron	Nehemiah
Tribes of Judah
Of Pharez		468
Of Zerah	690
Tribe of Benjamin	956	928
Tribe of Levi
Priests	1760	1192
Levites		284
Porters	212	172

According to Nehemiah’s numbers, supplemented from Chronicles, the entire adult male population of the city was 3,734, which would give a total population of 14,936. According to Chronicles, supplemented from Nehemiah, the adult males were 4,370, and consequently the entire population, would have been 17,480. As the Nethinims and the Israelites of Ephraim and Manasseh 1 Chronicles 9:3 are not included in either list, we may conclude that the actual number of the inhabitants, after the efforts recorded in Nehemiah 11:1-2, was not much short of 20,000.

Nehemiah 11:16

The outward business of the house of God - Such as the collection of the newly-imposed tax Nehemiah 10:32, the providing of the regular sacrifices, the renewal of vestments, and the like.

Nehemiah 11:17

The principal to begin the thanksgiving - i. e., “the precentor,” or “leader of the choir.”