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The NET Bible®

Nehemiah 7:12

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elam;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Elam;   Ezra, the Book of;   Hananiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acud;   Ammidioi;   Elam;   Ezra, Book of;   Hagab;   Kilan;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elam ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Ezra, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Elam’s descendants 1,254
Hebrew Names Version
The children of `Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
King James Version
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
English Standard Version
The sons of Elam, 1,254.
New Century Version
the descendants of Elam—1,254;
Amplified Bible
the sons of Elam, 1,254;
New American Standard Bible
the sons of Elam, 1,254;
World English Bible
The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth fiftie and foure.
Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Elam, 1,254;
Berean Standard Bible
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
Easy-to-Read Version
the descendants of Elam 1254
George Lamsa Translation
The descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
Literal Translation
The sons of Elam were a thousand, two hundred and fifty four.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the childron of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth, and foure and fyftye:
American Standard Version
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Bible in Basic English
The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fiftie and foure.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
King James Version (1611)
The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred, fiftie and foure.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The children of Ælam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
English Revised Version
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sones of Helam, a thousynde eiyte hundrid and foure and fifti;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
New King James Version
the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
New Living Translation
The family of Elam 1,254
New Life Bible
1,254 sons of Elam,
New Revised Standard
Of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Elam, 1,254;

Contextual Overview

5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 6 These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelite men was as follows: 8 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; 9 the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; 10 the descendants of Arah, 652; 11 the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818; 12 the descendants of Elam, 1,254; 13 the descendants of Zattu, 845; 14 the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elam: Ezra 2:7, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 10:26

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 7:34 - the other Elam

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."
Genesis 7:17
The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.
Exodus 24:18
Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.
Deuteronomy 10:10
As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you.
1 Kings 19:8
So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
Matthew 4:2
After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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