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Nehemiah 11:4

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while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And in Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

KJV

And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

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This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin,.... It belonging partly to one tribe and partly to the other, and so inhabited by both, as it originally was, Jos 15:63 of the children of Judah; Athaiah; called Uthai, 1Ch 9:4 whose lineage is traced through Uzziah, Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalaleel: of the children of Perez; a son of Judah, see 1Ch 9:4.

This site's exposition

dwelt certain of the children

on Nehemiah 11:4-9

The named men of Judah trace through Perez to four hundred sixty eight valiant men, and the named men of Benjamin trace through Sallu to nine hundred twenty eight, more of that tribe settled in the city than of Judah. Two officers close the list, Joel the son of Zichri as overseer and Judah the son of Senuah as second over the city, a chain of command set over the register the moment the names run out. Genealogy here does legal and military work at once: these are the households able to prove their place and the men counted fit to defend it.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah--The discrepancy that is apparent between this [Ne 11:4-36] and the list formerly given in 1Ch 9:1-9, arose not only from the Jewish and Oriental practice of changing or modifying the names of persons from a change of circumstances, but from the alterations that must have been produced in the course of time.

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The words behind it

21 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.

  • וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙and in Jerusalem

    uvirushalimH3389 →643 times

  • יָֽשְׁב֔וּthey dwelt

    yashevuH3427 →1079 times

  • מִבְּנֵ֥יsome of [the] descendants of

    mibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּמִבְּנֵ֣יand some of [the] descendants of

    umibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • בִנְיָמִ֑ןBenjamin

    vinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • מִבְּנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of

    mibeneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יְ֠הוּדָהJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • עֲתָיָ֨הAthaiah

    ʾatayahH6265 →

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֻזִּיָּ֜הUzziah

    ʾuziyahH5818 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • זְכַרְיָ֧הZechariah

    zekharyahH2148 →43 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲמַרְיָ֛הAmariah

    ʾamaryahH568 →16 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁפַטְיָ֥הShephatiah

    shefatyahH8203 →13 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • מַהֲלַלְאֵ֖לMahalalel

    mahalalelH4111 →

  • מִבְּנֵי־of [the] descendants of

    mibenei-H1121 →4930 times

  • פָֽרֶץ׃Perez

    faretzH6557 →

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

Related verses

9 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.

Genesis 38:29But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.3 worksRuth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,2 works1 Chronicles 9:3–9These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:2 worksLuke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,2 worksMatthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.2 works1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.2 worksEzra 8:8from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;2 worksNumbers 26:20These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.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

    Matthew 1:3

    Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 46:12

      The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 4:1

      The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 38:29–30

      But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

  • Through

    Ruth 4:18

    Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

    it leads to

    • Matthew 1:3–6

      Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

    • 1 Chronicles 2:4–8

      Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

  • Through

    Genesis 38:29

    But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 2:4

      Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

    • Matthew 1:3

      Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

    • Numbers 26:20

      These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

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 Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.

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