Nehemiah 5:17
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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.

Lexicon
There were 150
מֵאָ֧ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

Jews
וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים (wə·hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish

and officials
וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים (wə·has·sə·ḡā·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5461: A prefect of a, province

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my table,
שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃ (šul·ḥā·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7979: A table, a meal

besides the guests
וְהַבָּאִ֥ים (wə·hab·bā·’îm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the surrounding
סְבִיבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Adverb | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

nations
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


Additional Translations
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nationsMoreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came to us from among the heathen that are about us.

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

And the Jews, to the number of a hundred and fifty men, besides those coming to us from the nations round about, were at my table.

And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

Moreover there were at my table of the Jews and the rulers an hundred and fifty men, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that were round about us.

Moreover, there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came to us from among the heathen that were about us.

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that are round about us, are at my table;
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