The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

NEHEMIAH 7:36KJV
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Nehemiah 7:36 (KJV)

What does Nehemiah 7:36 mean?

Nehemiah 7:36 records that 345 descendants from the town of Jericho returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. This verse is part of a larger list that counts the families and groups who came back to help rebuild the city and its community.

The book of Nehemiah is written in the context of the Jewish people returning from captivity in Babylon. Nehemiah, the governor, is keeping a careful record of who came back to Jerusalem. Listing the "children of Jericho" shows the effort to restore not just the city but also the people and their heritage, emphasizing the importance of every group in rebuilding the nation.

Where else these words appear

“Jericho” Hebrew H3405 · used in 53 verses

  • Numbers 22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
  • Joshua 4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
  • Joshua 18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.

“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.