Nehemiah 11:29
in Nehemiah 11in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
KJV
And at En–rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
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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
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.
The walk
8 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
Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- Joshua 15:33
Through
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 22:1
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- 1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- Joshua 10:3
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 15:48
These were in the hill country:
- 1 Samuel 22:1
Through
Joshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
it leads to
- Joshua 10:31–32
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- Joshua 10:31–32
About Nehemiah
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.