Nehemiah 11:20
in Nehemiah 11The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
KJV
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
⋯
This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The returned community, though consisting mainly of members of the two tribes, represented the entire people of Israel. The ground, however, which they occupied, was not the whole land, but that which had constituted the kingdom of Judah.
This site's exposition
The rest of the Israelites
on Nehemiah 11:20-24
"The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites," kept their inheritance in the villages of Judah. The singers had "an ordinance regulating their daily activities" by "a command from the king," the Persian court supporting Israel's worship. Pethahiah was "the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people."
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It was requisite that Jerusalem should be replenished, yet not so as to drain the country. The king himself is served of the field, which will do little service if there be not hands to manage it.
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
And the residue of Israel, of the priests and the Levites,..... All of them, besides those that dwelt at Jerusalem: were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance; the Israelites in the cities, houses, and estates enjoyed by their ancestors, and the priests and Levites in the cities given out of the several tribes.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁאָ֨ר | ushear | and [the] rest of | H7605 → | 26 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַלְוִיִּם֙ | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | [were] in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרֵ֣י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | each one | H376 → | 1663 times |
| בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ | benachalato | on own inheritance his | H5159 → |
וּשְׁאָ֨רand [the] rest of
ushearH7605 →26 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
הַלְוִיִּם֙the Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
בְּכָל־[were] in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אִ֖ישׁeach one
ʾishH376 →1663 times
בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃on own inheritance his
benachalatoH5159 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Nehemiah 11:3These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of…
it leads to
- Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
- 1 Chronicles 9:1–34
So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had…
- Ezra 2:1
Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his…
- Nehemiah 7:6
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own…
- Ezra 2:43
About Nehemiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.