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Nehemiah 11:3

in Nehemiah 11

These 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 Solomon’s servants—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

KJV

Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem,.... That is, of Judea, reduced to a province by the king of Babylon, and now a province of the Persian monarchy: but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their cities; in which they or their ancestors had formerly dwelt: to wit, Israel: the people in general of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and such of the other tribes that returned with them: the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants; of whom see Ezr 2:55.

This site's exposition

the heads of the provinces

Verse 3 works as the roster's table of contents: "the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem," then everyone else on his own property. They are sorted into the five classes this book has counted since Ezra 2, "the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants".

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

Each one dwelt in his own possession, etc. By these words, it is plainly taught that all of Israel, that is, the ten tribes, lived in their cities, in which even the priests and Levites held their portion decreed by law. However, from the tribe …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Province - Of Judea, which was now made a province. Israel - The generality of the people of Israel, whether of Judah, or Benjamin, or any other tribe.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Now these are the chief - A good deal of difference will be found between the enumeration here and that in 1Ch 9:2, etc. There, those only who came with Zerubbabel appear to be numbered; here, those, and the persons who came with Ezra and Nehemiah, enter into the account.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Israel--This general name, which designated the descendants of Jacob before the unhappy division of the two kingdoms under Rehoboam, was restored after the captivity, the Israelites being then united with the Jews, and all traces of their former separation being obliterated.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and these

    veelehH428 →746 times

  • רָאשֵׁ֣י[are] [the] leaders of

    rasheiH7218 →599 times

  • הַמְּדִינָ֔הthe province

    hamedinahH4082 →53 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָשְׁב֖וּthey dwelt

    yashevuH3427 →1079 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וּבְעָרֵ֣יand in [the] cities of

    uveareiH5892 →1090 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • יָֽשְׁב֞וּthey dwelt

    yashevuH3427 →1079 times

  • אִ֤ישׁeach one

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙on own property his

    baachuzatoH272 →

  • בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םin own cities their

    beareihemH5892 →1090 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִים֙the priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • וְהַלְוִיִּ֣םand the Levites

    vehalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְהַנְּתִינִ֔יםand the temple servants

    vehanetinimH5411 →17 times

  • וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] descendants of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַבְדֵ֥י[the] servants of

    ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃Solomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

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

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

    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…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 5:8

      Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezra 2:1–70

      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…

    • Jeremiah 52:1–34

      Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

    • Jeremiah 39:1–18

      In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 24:14–16

      He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 25:11

      Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

    • Nehemiah 7:6–73

      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…

  • Through

    Ezra 2:43

    The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 9:2

      Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

About Nehemiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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 John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.