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Nehemiah 11:15

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From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

KJV

Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Also of the Levites,.... Who dwelt in Jerusalem: Shemaiah the son of Hashub: traced from him through Azrikam and Hashabiah to Bunni; these were of the sons of Merari, the third son of Levi, see 1Ch 9:14.

This site's exposition

Shemaiah son of Hasshub

on Nehemiah 11:15-19

The Levites total 284, and the gatekeepers count 172, doorkeeping entered as a numbered office. Verse 17 keeps a liturgical detail the register did not need: Mattaniah, of the line of Asaph, "led in thanksgiving and prayer." For one verse a name list records who led Israel's praise.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

over the outside work of the Temple, such as the buildings of the repair of the Temple (sic) and the wood of the arrangement, which they would bring from outside.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Nehemiah 11:16:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וּמִֽן־and of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֑םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • שְׁמַעְיָ֧הShemaiah

    shema'yahH8098 →41 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • חַשּׁ֛וּבHasshub

    chashuvH2815 →5 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עַזְרִיקָ֥םAzrikam

    ʾazrikamH5840 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֲשַׁבְיָ֖הHashabiah

    chashavyahH2811 →15 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בּוּנִּֽי׃Bunni

    buniH1138 →3 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    1 Chronicles 9:19

    Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:9–11

      and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the…

    • Psalms 49:1

      Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,

    • 1 Chronicles 26:7–8

      Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 9:14

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 12:24

      The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other,…

    • Nehemiah 10:11

      Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

    • 1 Chronicles 6:63

      The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    • Numbers 26:57

      Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

    • Nehemiah 11:15–19

      From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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 John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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