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Nehemiah 11:30

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Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

KJV

Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

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This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

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 Awakening1 voice

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.

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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.

  • זָנֹ֤חַZanoah

    zanoachH2182 →

  • עֲדֻלָּם֙Adullam

    ʾadulamH5725 →

  • וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֔םand villages their

    vechatzreihemH2691 →191 times

  • לָכִישׁ֙Lachish

    lakhishH3923 →

  • וּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָand fields its

    usedoteihaH7704 →334 times

  • עֲזֵקָ֖הAzekah

    ʾazekahH5825 →

  • וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָand daughters its

    uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times

  • וַיַּחֲנ֥וּand they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →

  • מִבְּאֵֽר־from Beer

    mibeer-H884 →68 times

  • שֶׁ֖בַעSheba

    sheva'H884 →68 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • גֵּֽיא־[the] valley of [Ben]

    gei'-H1516 →59 times

  • הִנֹּֽם׃Hinnom

    hinomH2011 →

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

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 10:3Therefore 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,3 worksJoshua 15:8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.3 worksJeremiah 7:31–32They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.2 worksJoshua 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;2 worksJeremiah 32:35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.2 worksJeremiah 19:2and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 37:8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.2 worksJoshua 15:34–35Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,2 worksJoshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,2 worksMicah 1:15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.2 worksJoshua 18:16Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.2 worksNehemiah 3:13The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.2 worksJeremiah 19:6So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.2 works2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.2 works

The walk

8 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 15:8

    From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:63

      But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 18:16

      Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the…

    • Joshua 18:28

      Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:35

    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 7:31

      They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

    • Leviticus 18:21

      You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    • 2 Chronicles 33:6

      He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking…

    • Leviticus 20:2–5

      “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

    • Jeremiah 19:5–6

      They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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