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Nehemiah 11:6

All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Pharez;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Perez;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Judea;   Pahath Moab;   Perez;   Pharez;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Perez ;   Phares, Pharez ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pe'rez;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Names, Proper;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.
Hebrew Names Version
All the sons of Peretz who lived in Yerushalayim were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
King James Version
All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
English Standard Version
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.
New Century Version
All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 men. They were soldiers.
New English Translation
The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.
Amplified Bible
All the sons of Perez who lived at Jerusalem were 468 able men.
New American Standard Bible
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.
World English Bible
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the sonnes of Perez that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure hundreth, three score & eight valiant men.
Legacy Standard Bible
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.
Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
Complete Jewish Bible
The total number of descendants of Peretz living in Yerushalayim was 468 courageous men.
Darby Translation
All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
Easy-to-Read Version
The number of Perez's descendants living in Jerusalem was 468. All of them were brave men.
George Lamsa Translation
All the descendants of Perez who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
Good News Translation
Of the descendants of Perez, 468 outstanding soldiers lived in Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
All of the descendants of Perez who were living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight able-bodied men.
Literal Translation
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty eight mighty men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All the childre of Phares that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure C. and eight & thre score valeaunt men.
American Standard Version
All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All these were the children of Phares that dwelt at Hierusalem, euen foure hundred three score and eyght valiaunt men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
King James Version (1611)
All the sonnes of Perez that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the sons of Phares who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of might.
English Revised Version
All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that dwelliden in Jerusalem, weren foure hundrid eiyte and sixti, stronge men.
Update Bible Version
All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four hundred sixty and eight valiant men.
New King James Version
All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
New Living Translation
There were 468 descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem—all outstanding men.
New Life Bible
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.
New Revised Standard
All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant warriors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the sons of Perez who were dwelling in Jerusalem, four hundred and sixty-eight, men of ability.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Jerusalem, were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
Revised Standard Version
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
Young's Literal Translation
all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem [are] four hundred sixty and eight, men of valour.
THE MESSAGE
The leaders of the people were already living in Jerusalem, so the rest of the people drew lots to get one out of ten to move to Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in their towns. The people applauded those who voluntarily offered to live in Jerusalem. These are the leaders in the province who resided in Jerusalem (some Israelites, priests, Levites, Temple staff, and descendants of Solomon's slaves lived in the towns of Judah on their own property in various towns; others from both Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem): From the family of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the family line of Perez; Maaseiah 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. The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem numbered 468 valiant men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

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

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:29 - his name Numbers 26:20 - Pharez 1 Chronicles 9:4 - Pharez

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
Genesis 11:1
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Judges 10:14
Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.
1 Kings 18:27
And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
Luke 1:51
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. And so well qualified to defend the city against its enemies.

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.”


 
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