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Nehemiah 7:19

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The descendants of Bigvai: 2,067 people.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse records that 2,067 descendants of a man named Bigvai returned from exile to rebuild Jerusalem.

📚 Historical Context

This is part of Nehemiah's detailed census of Jewish families who returned from Babylonian exile around 538-445 BC. After 70 years in captivity, these families were coming back to rebuild Jerusalem and restore their worship of God. Bigvai was likely a family patriarch whose descendants maintained their family identity even during the long exile.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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