Yet I will not tear away the whole kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for My servant David ‘s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
Nehemiah 11:18 - Tree of Life Version In all there were 284 Levites in the holy city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Levites in the holy city were 284. American Standard Version (1901) All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Common English Bible All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284. Catholic Public Domain Version All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. |
Yet I will not tear away the whole kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for My servant David ‘s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
So the leaders of the people dwelt in Jerusalem while the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in the other towns.
Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the director who led the thanksgiving prayer. Also Bakbukiah, second among his relatives, and then Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
Also there were 172 gatekeepers Akkub, Talmon and their brothers—who kept watch at the gates.
“Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to put an end to transgression to bring sin to an end, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
“So when you see ‘the abomination of desolation,’ which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),
And coming forth out of the tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
Then the devil took Him into the holy city and placed Him on the highest point of the Temple.
But do not measure the court outside the Temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months.
I also saw the holy city—the New Jerusalem—coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.