King James Version
Nehemiah 7:69 in the King James Version says “Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.”
Nehemiah 7:69 · KJV
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.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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