Nehemiah 11:31
in Nehemiah 11The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
KJV
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Jos 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1Sa 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Jos 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jer 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1Sa 21:
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
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
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Geba - Probably the same as Gibeah of Saul.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֖ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| מִגָּ֑בַע | migava' | [were] from Geba | H1387 → | 19 times |
| מִכְמָ֣שׂ | mikhmas | Micmash | H4363 → | |
| וְעַיָּ֔ה | veaiyah | and Aija | H5857 → | |
| וּבֵֽית־ | uveit- | and Beth- | H1008 → | 142 times |
| אֵ֖ל | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | 142 times |
| וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] descendants of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִ֖ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
מִגָּ֑בַע[were] from Geba
migava'H1387 →19 times
מִכְמָ֣שׂMicmash
mikhmasH4363 →
וְעַיָּ֔הand Aija
veaiyahH5857 →
וּבֵֽית־and Beth-
uveit-H1008 →142 times
אֵ֖ל-el
ʾelH1008 →142 times
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃and daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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
Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Hosea 12:4–5
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- Judges 1:22–26
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- Genesis 35:1
Through
Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:2
Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
- 1 Samuel 13:2
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And…
- 1 Samuel 13:5
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…
- 1 Samuel 14:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.