King James Version
Nehemiah 11:18 in the King James Version says “All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.”
Nehemiah 11:18 · KJV
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. had: Heb. were over
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. the gates: Heb. at the gates
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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