Nehemiah 7:59

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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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These names include Babylonian places and towns in Judah and Benjamin, especially around Jerusalem, from which returnees and temple servants came. Their listing matters because Nehemiah records the restored community by ancestral and local identity

Places in this passage

Nehemiah 7:59 mentions Addon, Ai, Azmaveth, Babylon, Bethel, Bethlehem, Chephirah, Cherub, Geba, Gibeon, Gilead, Hadid, Immer, Jericho, Jerusalem, Kiriath-jearim, Lod, Michmash, Netophah, Ono and Ramah.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Bethlehem — Bethlehem · Berthold Werner