# Connecting Statement:

In these verses, Nehemiah continues to list the provincial officers who lived in Jerusalem.

# Maaseiah ... Baruch ... Kol-Hozeh ... Hazaiah ... Adaiah ... Joiarib ... Zechariah ... Perez

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Shilonite

This refers to a person who comes from the town of Shiloh.

# All ... were 468

"All ... were four hundred and sixty-eight." Perez had 468 descendants who lived in Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# They were outstanding men

"They were courageous men" or "They were valiant men"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/zechariahot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]