Neh 11:30-36 - Commentary

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Text -- Nehemiah 11:30-36 (NET)

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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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Names, People and Places:

· Adullam a resident of the town of Adullam

· Aija a town 2-3 km SE of Bethel

· 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

· Azekah a town in the western foothills of Judah

· 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

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

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

· 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

· 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

· Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall

· Lachish a town of Judah 23 km west of Hebron & 40 km north of Beersheba (SMM)

· Levites relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred

· Lod a town founded by Shemed son of Elpaal of Benjamin, 7 km SE of Joppa

· Michmash a town of Benjamin 12 km north of Jerusalem

· Neballat a town of Benjaminites 7 km NE of Lydda (OS)

· Nob a town 5 or 6 kilometers NE of Jerusalem

· Ono a town founded by Shemed son of Elpaal of Benjamin

· Ramah a town 8 km north of Jerusalem,a town of Simeon,a town of Benjamin 9 km north of Jerusalem and 8 km south of Bethel (OS),a town on the border of Asher (OS),a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa,a town in Gilead 50-60 km east of Beth-Shan

· Zanoah a town in the western foothills of Judah,a town in the hill country of Judah,son of Jekuthiel son of Mered of Judah

· Zeboim a town and valley inhabited by Benjamites after the exile

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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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