Nehemiah 11:18

18 All the Levites in ¹the holy city were 284.

Nehemiah 11:18 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore
and four.
Who had their residence there, ( Nehemiah 11:1 ) .

Nehemiah 11:18 In-Context

16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

18 All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

19 The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

20 And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

Cross References

• 1. See ver. 1