Nehemiah 11:36
in Nehemiah 11And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
KJV
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
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This verse in Nehemiah 11
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. They were scattered about, some here and some there, in both these tribes, for the better instruction of the people.
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
some divisions of the Levites of Judah
Some Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin, and Gill reads the division as deliberate, with Levites placed in both tribes to instruct the people. Wesley adds that Malachi prophesied about this time and charged the people with lukewarmness. Wesley says prophecy then ceased for some ages.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And concerning the Levites, portions of Judah and Benjamin, it indicates that the Levites received their share in the possession of the children of Judah and Benjamin according to the decree of the law. Let these few words be said about the history. Concerning all …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus were they settled free and easy, tho' few and poor. And they might have been happy, but for that general lukewarmness, with which they are charged by the prophet Malachi, who prophesied about this time and in whom prophecy ceased for some ages, 'till it revived in the great prophet.
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 Nineteenth Century2 voices
And of the Levites were divisions - The Levites had their dwellings in the divisions of Judah and Benjamin. This is probably the meaning: the Syriac says, They had the half of Judah and Benjamin; which is not likely. That the people whose hearts were now turned towards the Lord, would make the best provision for the support of God’s work, and all those engaged in it, we may naturally suppose; but this could not be very great, as the complete service was not yet established, and the Levites themselves were few in number.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin--Rather, there were divisions for the Levites; that is, those who were not resident in Jerusalem were distributed in settlements throughout the provinces of Judah and Benjamin.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Of the Levites were divisions - i. e., “the Levites were scattered among various towns both in Judah and Benjamin.”
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and some of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| מַחְלְק֥וֹת | machlekot | [the] divisions of | H4256 → | |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃ פ | levinyamin | [belonged] to Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
וּמִן־and some of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
מַחְלְק֥וֹת[the] divisions of
machlekotH4256 →
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃ פ[belonged] to Benjamin
levinyaminH1144 →166 times
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
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:1–9
The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon:
- 1 Chronicles 6:65
They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 4:24–31
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
- 2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
- 2 Samuel 13:22–28
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- Joshua 19:1–9
About Nehemiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; 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; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.