The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

NEHEMIAH 7:22KJV
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Nehemiah 7:22 (KJV)

What does Nehemiah 7:22 mean?

Nehemiah 7:22 records that 328 descendants of Hashum returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. This verse is part of a list that counts the families and groups who came back to help rebuild the city.

Nehemiah, the governor of Jerusalem, is compiling a census of the people who returned from exile. The verse simply notes the number of people from the family of Hashum, one of many family groups listed in this chapter. This careful record-keeping shows the importance of community and continuity for the people rebuilding their lives in Jerusalem.

Where else these words appear

“Hashum” Hebrew H2828 · used in 5 verses

  • Ezra 2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
  • Ezra 10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
  • Nehemiah 8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

“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.