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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
Nehemiah 7:37 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
  • BSB the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
  • NKJV the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;
  • NASB the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
  • NLT The citizens of Lod, Hadid, and Ono 721

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Quick answer

The people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono returned, numbering 721. Towns of the coastal plain were resettled.

Overview

These towns lay toward the western lowlands and would later figure in the early church's history (Acts 9:32-35). Their return shows the restored community spreading beyond the immediate area of Jerusalem. The repopulation reflects God's purpose to reestablish His people fully in the land He had given them.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • 1 Chr 8:12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
  • Neh 6:2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
  • Ezra 2:33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
  • Neh 11:34–35Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Nehemiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NehemiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The rebuilt walls and renewed covenant community foreshadow the greater builder who gathers and secures a people for God, the one who declares 'I will build my church.'

How Nehemiah 7:37 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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