King James Version
Nehemiah 7:68 in the King James Version says “Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:”
Nehemiah 7:68 · KJV
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. some: Heb. part.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
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