King James Version
What Does Nehemiah 7:30 Mean?
“The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.”
Context
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The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. Bethazmaveth: or, Azmaveth
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The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. Kirjathjearim: or, Kirjatharim
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The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
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The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
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The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible CommentaryCHAPTER 2 Ezr 2:1-70. Number of the People That Turned.
**1. children of the province--**that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia.
**came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city--**either the city that had been occupied by his ancestors, or, as most parts of Judea were then either desolate or possessed by others, the city that was rebuilt and allotted to him now.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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