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Nehemiah 11:25

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As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,

KJV

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

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This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

Of the sons of Judah, they dwelled in Kiriath-arba, etc. For Beer-sheba was the boundary of Judah to the south, and the Valley of the Sons of Hinnom to the north next to Jerusalem to the east. Then the cities of the sons of Benjamin …

This site's exposition

the villages, with their fields

on Nehemiah 11:25-36

The chapter widens from Jerusalem's numbered households to the villages beyond it: Judah's towns run south from Kirjath-arba to Beersheba and the valley of Hinnom, ground that included Hebron recovered under its old name after the exile, and Benjamin's towns run north from Geba through Michmash and Anathoth to Lod and the valley of craftsmen. The land, not the city alone, is repopulated, and the register says so town by town. The chapter's closing line folds the Levites back into both tribes' territory, divisions in Judah and in Benjamin, ending a roll that opened with the holy city and finishes with the whole province settled.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

And for the villages, with their fields,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Kirjath-arba - i. e., Hebron. In the absence of the Hebrews during the captivity, the place had recovered its old name Jos 15:13.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַחֲצֵרִ֖יםthe villages

    hachatzerimH2691 →191 times

  • בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑םwith fields their

    bisdotamH7704 →334 times

  • מִבְּנֵ֣יsome of [the] people of

    mibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • יָֽשְׁב֞וּthey dwelt

    yashevuH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּקִרְיַ֤תin Kiriath

    bekiryatH7153 →

  • הָֽאַרְבַּע֙<the> Arba

    haarba'H7153 →

  • וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters its

    uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times

  • וּבְדִיבֹן֙and in Dibon

    uvedivonH1769 →

  • וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters its

    uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times

  • וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖לand in Jekabzeel

    uvikavtzeelH3343 →

  • וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃and villages its

    vachatzereihaH2691 →191 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 14:15

    (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 11:23

      So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…

    • Genesis 23:2

      She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

    • Joshua 15:13

      According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

    • Judges 3:11

      So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

    • Judges 5:31

      So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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