Nehemiah 5:17
Good News Translation
I regularly fed at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jewish people and their leaders, besides all the people who came to me from the surrounding nations.

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover there were at my table one hundred fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

Contemporary English Version
I usually fed 150 of our own Jewish people and their leaders, as well as foreign visitors from surrounding lands.

New American Bible
Though I set my table for a hundred and fifty persons, Jews and magistrates, as well as the neighboring Gentiles who came to us,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us.

150 Jews, who had their food constantly at his table, and at his expense.)

at my table

2 Samuel 9:7,13 And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely shew thee mercy for Jonathan thy father's sake, and I will restore the lands of Saul the father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table always. . . .

1 Kings 18:19 Nevertheless send now, and gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, who eat at Jezabel's table.

an hundred

Isaiah 32:8 But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.

Romans 12:13 Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.

1 Peter 4:9,10 Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring, . . .

Context
Nehemiah's Generosity
16Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work. 17The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us.18And there was prepared for me day be day one ox, and six choice rams, besides fowls, and once in ten days I gave store of divers wines, and many other things: yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor: for the people were very much impoverished.…
Cross References
1 Kings 18:19
Nevertheless send now, and gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, who eat at Jezabel's table.

Nehemiah 5:16
Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work.

Nehemiah 5:16
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