Nehemiah 11:28
in Nehemiah 11in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
KJV
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
2 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 words behind it
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג | uvetziklag | and in Ziklag | H6860 → | |
| וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה | uvimkhonah | and in Meconah | H4368 → | |
| וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | uvivnoteiha | and in daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥גand in Ziklag
uvetziklagH6860 →
וּבִמְכֹנָ֖הand in Meconah
uvimkhonahH4368 →
וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃and in daughters its
uvivnoteihaH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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 15:31Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 27:6
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
- Joshua 19:5
Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
- 1 Samuel 30:1
Through
1 Samuel 27:6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 15:31
Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
- 2 Samuel 1:1
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 1 Chronicles 4:30
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
- 1 Chronicles 12:1
About Nehemiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.