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Nehemiah 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Nehemiah 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
מֵאָה mêʼâh H3967 39 hundred
אֶלֶף ʼeleph H505 16 thousand
שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh H8083 11 eight, eighth
שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh H7969 13 three, third
שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim H8147 13 two, twofold
עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym H6242 11 twenty, twentieth
שֶׁבַע shebaʻ H7651 11 seven, full

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“The success of one good design for God and our generation should encourage us to proceed and form some other; Nehemiah did so, having fortified Jerusalem with gates and walls, his next care is, I. To see the city well kept, ver. 1-4. II. To see it well peopled, in order to which he here reviews and calls over the register of the children of the captivity, the families that returned at first, and records it, ver. 5-73. It is the same, in effect, with that which we had, Ezra ii. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Nehemiah 7:1–73 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Neh 7:2
  • Gibeon — Neh 7:25
  • Bethlehem 1 — Neh 7:26
  • Netophah — Neh 7:26
  • Anathoth — Neh 7:27
  • Azmaveth — Neh 7:28

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