Neh 11:16-36 - Commentary

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Text -- Nehemiah 11:16-36 (NET)

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11:16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God; 11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 11:18 The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284. 11:19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates– 172. 11:20 And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property. 11:21 The temple attendants were living on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them. 11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God. 11:23 For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day. 11:24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people. 11:25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements, 11:26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, 11:27 in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages, 11:28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, 11:29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 11:31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, 11:32 in Anathoth, Nob, and Ananiah, 11:33 in Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim, 11:34 in Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat, 11:35 in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of the Craftsmen. 11:36 Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.

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· Abda father of Adoniram, Solomon's forced labor boss,a Levite living in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's day

· Adullam a resident of the town of Adullam

· Aija a town 2-3 km SE of Bethel

· Akkub son of Eli-O-Enai (Hananiah Zerubbabel David Judah); Akkub I,a Levite who was chief gate keeper under Nehemiah; Akkub II,a chief Temple Servant under Nehemiah; Akkub III,a Levite scribe who helped Ezra explain the law; Akkub IV

· Ananiah father of Maaseiah, father of Azariah, a wall repairman,a town of Benjamin on the east slope of the Mount of Olives

· Anathoth a town of Benjamin 10 km NE of Jerusalem, given to the priests,son of Becher, a Benjamite,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law

· Asaph father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder,son of Berechiah the Levite; music minister under David,father of Zichri; a Levite ancestor of some returnees,an official over the (Persian) king's forest in Judah

· Azekah a town in the western foothills of Judah

· Bakbukiah a Levite worship leader who lead a group from the exile

· Bani a man of Gad; one of David's military elite,son of Shemer (Merari Aaron Levi),a man descended from Perez of Judah,a non-Levite ancestor of men who put away their heathen wives,a non-Levite ancestor of others who put away heathen wives,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law,son of Henadad (Levi); a signer of the pledge to keep the law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,son of Hashabiah and father of head Levite Uzzi under Nehemiah

· Beer-Sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Beer-sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Beth-Pelet a town of south-eastern Judah

· Beth-pelet a town of south-eastern Judah

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Dibon a town in Moab near where Israel encamped,a town in the Negeb of southeastern Judah

· En-rimmon a spring & town of Simeon and Judah, 14 km north of Beer-Sheba

· En-Rimmon a spring & town of Simeon and Judah, 14 km north of Beer-Sheba

· Galal a Levite who was leader of a group that returned from exile,son of Jeduthun; a Levite whose descendants returned from exile

· Geba a town of Judah 8 km north of Jerusalem, 5 km east of Gibeon (SMM)

· Gishpa a Levite over the temple servants in the time of Nehemiah

· Gittaim a town of Benjamin 20 km SE of Joppa & 12 km north. of Ekron (SMM)

· Hadid a town of Judah about 6 km NE of Lod and 12 km south of Aphek

· Hashabiah son of Amaziah of Levi; father of Malluch,a Merari Levite whose descendants returned from exile,son of Jeduthun the Levite leader under Jeduthun and King David,overseer of King David's work west of the Jordan River,son of Kemuel; David's chief officer over the Levites,a chief officer of the house of God in Josiah's time,a Levite descendant of Merari who led recruits to Ezra,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife,ruler of Keilah who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,son of Henadad, a Levite who contracted to obey God's law,son of Bunni of Levi,son of Mattaniah of Asaph of Levi,priest and head of the house of Hilkiah,a chief of the Levites in Nehemiah's time

· Hazar-shual a town in southern Judah belonging to the tribe of Simeon

· Hazar-Shual a town in southern Judah belonging to the tribe of Simeon

· Hazor a town 15 km north of Chinnereth, the NW shore of Galilee,a town of south-eastern Judah,a town of south-eastern Judah 20 km south of Hebron (OS),a town of Ephraim 25 km north of Jerusalem,a collective name for some semi-namadic Arabs as distinct from the bedoin of the desert (OS)

· Hinnom a man and a valley

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jarmuth a town of Judah 23 km NW of Hebron & 21 km west of Bethlehem,a town of Issachar

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Neh 11:16 Heb “who were of the heads.”

NET Notes: Neh 11:17 The translation reads with the Lucianic Greek recension and Vulgate הַתְּהִלָה (hattÿ...

NET Notes: Neh 11:21 Heb “the temple attendants.” The pronoun “them” has been substituted in the translation for stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Neh 11:23 Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

NET Notes: Neh 11:24 Heb “to the hand of the king.”

NET Notes: Neh 11:25 Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.

NET Notes: Neh 11:31 For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

NET Notes: Neh 11:33 For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

NET Notes: Neh 11:35 Heb “Ge-harashim,” which could be left untranslated as a place name.

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