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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"