The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
The entry stands as one item in the renewed numbering of the Jews given in Nehemiah 7, made in B.C. 444. That numbering came after the wall was finished in fifty-two days. At that time even their enemies perceived that the work was wrought of God. Proper officers and watches were then appointed to secure the city. The entry belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, which has been confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with that people.
The entry stands as one item in the renewed numbering of the Jews given in Nehemiah 7, made in B.C. 444. That numbering came after the wall was finished in fifty-two days. At that time even their enemies perceived that the work was wrought of God. Proper officers and watches were then appointed to secure the city. The entry belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, which has been confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel that had dealings with that people.