Nehemiah 11:35
in Nehemiah 11Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
KJV
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseLod, and Ono - These towns were built by the sons of Elpaal, 1Ch 8:12. The valley of craftsmen - See 1Ch 4:14. Probably this latter town was built in this valley.
This site's exposition
the villages with their fields
on Nehemiah 11:25-36
The chapter widens from Jerusalem to "the villages with their fields" (11:25). Judah's towns run from Kiriath-arba, the old name of Hebron, "from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom". Benjamin's run from Geba through Michmash and Anathoth to "Lod, and Ono" and "the Valley of the Craftsmen".
This site's exposition
Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley
Clarke traces Lod and Ono to their builders, the sons of Elpaal of Benjamin at 1 Chronicles 8:12-13. Ono is the plain where Sanballat and Geshem asked Nehemiah to meet them at 6:2, planning to harm him. Clarke places a town in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
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.
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The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֥ד | lod | Lod | H3850 → | |
| וְאוֹנ֖וֹ | veono | and Ono | H207 → | 5 times |
| גֵּ֥י | gei | valley of | H1516 → | 59 times |
| הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃ | hacharashim | the craftsmen | H2796 → |
לֹ֥דLod
lodH3850 →
וְאוֹנ֖וֹand Ono
veonoH207 →5 times
גֵּ֥יvalley of
geiH1516 →59 times
הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃the craftsmen
hacharashimH2796 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 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
1 Chronicles 8:12The sons of Elpaal:
it leads to
- Nehemiah 6:2
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezra 2:33
the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 7:37
the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
- Nehemiah 6:2
Through
Nehemiah 7:37the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 8:12
The sons of Elpaal:
- Nehemiah 11:34–35
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
- 1 Chronicles 8:12
Through
1 Chronicles 4:14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:14
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.
- 2 Kings 24:14
About Nehemiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
