620 B

Raw Blame History

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"