Nehemiah 11:26
in Nehemiah 11in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
KJV
And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth–phelet,
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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 Awakening1 voice
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.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And at Jeshua - This city is nowhere else mentioned.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Jos 15:27-39; Jos 18:21-28.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ | uveyeshua' | and in Jeshua | H3442 → | 29 times |
| וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖ה | uvemoladah | and in Moladah | H4137 → | |
| וּבְבֵ֥ית | uveveit | and in Beth | H1046 → | |
| פָּֽלֶט׃ | palet | Pelet | H1046 → |
וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַand in Jeshua
uveyeshua'H3442 →29 times
וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖הand in Moladah
uvemoladahH4137 →
וּבְבֵ֥יתand in Beth
uveveitH1046 →
פָּֽלֶט׃Pelet
paletH1046 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach 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 19:2Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:28–30
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
- Joshua 15:28
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
- Nehemiah 11:26–30
in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;
- 1 Chronicles 4:28–30
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.