Nehemiah 11:8

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine hundred twentie and eight.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928.

Hebrew Names Version
After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.

King James Version
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

English Standard Version
and his brothers, men of valor, 928.

New Century Version
Following him were Gabbai and Sallai, for a total of 928 men.

New English Translation
and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai—928 in all.

Amplified Bible
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.

New American Standard Bible
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.

World English Bible
After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine hundreth and twentie and eight.

Legacy Standard Bible
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.

Berean Standard Bible
and his followers Gabbai and Sallai-928 men.

Complete Jewish Bible
After him: Gabai, Salai; 928 in all.

Darby Translation
and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight:

Easy-to-Read Version
and those who followed Jeshaiah were Gabbai and Sallai. All together there were 928 men.

George Lamsa Translation
And after him were nine hundred and twenty-eight others.

Good News Translation
Gabbai and Sallai, close relatives of Sallu. In all, 928 Benjaminites lived in Jerusalem.

Lexham English Bible
And following after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Literal Translation
And after him were Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty eight.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after him Sabai, Sallai: nyne hundreth and eight and twentye.

American Standard Version
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Bible in Basic English
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And after hym Gabai, Sellai, nine hundred and twentie and eyght.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after him Gebe, Seli, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

English Revised Version
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and aftir hym Gabai, Sellai, nynti and eiyte and twenti;

Update Bible Version
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Webster's Bible Translation
And after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

New King James Version
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

New Living Translation
After him were Gabbai and Sallai and a total of 928 relatives.

New Life Bible
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928 men.

New Revised Standard
And his brothers Gabbai, Sallai: nine hundred twenty-eight.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, after him, Gabbai, Sallai, - nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred twenty-eight.

Revised Standard Version
And after him Gabba'i, Salla'i, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Young's Literal Translation
and after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Ierusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of tenne, to dwell in Ierusalem, the holy citie, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselues, to dwell at Ierusalem. ³ Now these are the chiefe of the prouince that dwelt in Ierusalem: but in the cities of Iudah dwelt euerie one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons seruants. ⁴ And at Ierusalem dwelt certaine of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin. Of the children of Iudah: Athaiah the sonne of Uzziah, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez. ⁵ And Maaseiah the sonne of Baruch the sonne of Col-Hozeh, the sonne of Hazaiah the sonne of Adaiah, the sonne of Ioiarib, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Shiloni. ⁶ All the sonnes of Perez that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure hundred threescore and eight valiant men. ⁷ And these are the sonnes of Beniamin: Sallu the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Ioed, the sonne of Pedaiah, the sonne of Kolaiah, the sonne of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ithiel, the sonne of Iesaiah. ⁸ And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine hundred twentie and eight. ⁹ And Ioel the sonne of Zichri was their ouerseer: and Iudah the sonne of Senuah, was second ouer the city. ¹⁰ Of the Priests: Iedaiah the sonne of Ioiarib, Iachin;

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Cross-References

Genesis 10:25
And vnto Eber were borne two sonnes: the name of one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth diuided, and his brothers name was Ioktan.

Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sonnes of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations diuided in the earth after the Flood.

Genesis 11:4
And they said; Goe to, let vs build vs a city and a tower, whose top may reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell: I will diuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most High diuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, hee set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Luke 1:51
Hee hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proud, in the imagination of their hearts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And after him,.... That is, Sallu: were Gabbai and Sallai; in all nine hundred and twenty eight; there were more of the tribe of Benjamin than of the tribe of Judah, they having perhaps a greater share in the city, or were better disposed to dwell in it.

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.”