The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

NEHEMIAH 7:13KJV
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Nehemiah 7:13 (KJV)

What does Nehemiah 7:13 mean?

Nehemiah 7:13 records that 845 descendants of Zattu returned to Jerusalem after the exile. This verse is part of a census list, showing the specific number of people from the family of Zattu who came back to help rebuild the community.

Nehemiah, the governor of Jerusalem, is listing the families and their numbers as part of restoring the city after the Babylonian exile. The verse highlights the careful record-keeping and the importance of each family group in reestablishing the nation of Israel. The mention of Zattu’s descendants shows that even smaller family groups were counted and valued in the rebuilding process.

Where else these words appear

“Zattu” Hebrew H2240 · used in 4 verses

  • Ezra 2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
  • Ezra 10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
  • Nehemiah 10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

“eight” Hebrew H8083 · used in 105 verses

  • Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
  • 1 Kings 7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
  • 2 Chronicles 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

“forty” Hebrew H705 · used in 124 verses

  • Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.