Nehemiah 5:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 5:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 5:17 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 5:17 — KJV
“Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.”
— Nehemiah 5:17 (KJV)
Nehemiah 5:17 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.
Cross-References for Nehemiah 5:17
“And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. collars: or, sweet jewels”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:17: hundred, beside, came
“And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:17: those, came, among
“And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:17: hundred, beside, about
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:17: moreover, hundred, rulers
“Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:17: hundred, fifty, those
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