King James Version
What Does Nehemiah 7:62 Mean?
“The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.”
Context
60
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
61
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. seed: or, pedigree
62
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Concise CommentaryChapter 7
Chapter Outline
Ezra goes up to Jerusalem.(1-10)
The commission to Ezra.(11-26)
Ezra blesses God for his favour.(27-28)
**Verses 1-10**
Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, many went with him; he obtained favour from his king, by the Divine favour. Every creature is that to us, which God makes it to be. We must see the hand of God in the events that befal us, and acknowledge him with thankfulness.
Matthew Henry (1662–1714). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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