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Nehemiah 11:9

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Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

KJV

And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.

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This verse in Nehemiah 11

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer,.... Or chief governor of the city: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city; or the deputy governor of it; so Pitholaus is called an under governor in Jerusalem by Josephus (l). (l) Antiqu. l. 14. c. 6. sect. 1.

This site's exposition

some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem

on Nehemiah 11:4-9

The men of Judah trace through Perez to "468 men of valor," and the men of Benjamin through Sallu to "928 men." Genealogy here does legal and military work, naming households that can prove their place and men fit to defend it.

This site's exposition

Joel son of Zichri was the officer

Gill takes Joel as the city's chief governor and Judah son of Hassenuah as his deputy over the Second District. Henry sets civil order beside the new wall: a people needs good magistrates as much as good soldiers. Chapter 3 had already named rulers of half-districts at 3:9 and 3:12.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For it is as necessary for a people to have good order kept up among themselves as to be fortified against the attacks of their enemies from abroad, to have good magistrates as to have good soldiers.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And Joel - was their overseer - Joel was chief or magistrate over those, and Judah was his second or deputy. Perhaps each had a different office, but that of Joel was the chief.

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.

  • וְיוֹאֵ֥לand Joel

    veyoelH3100 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • זִכְרִ֖יZikri

    zikhriH2147 →

  • פָּקִ֣יד[was] overseer

    pakidH6496 →13 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֑םover them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • וִיהוּדָ֧הand Judah

    vihudahH3063 →819 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • הַסְּנוּאָ֛ה<the> Senaah

    hasenuahH5574 →

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָעִ֖ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • מִשְׁנֶֽה׃ פ[was] second in command

    mishnehH4932 →

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

3 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 9:7

    From the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 11:7

      From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

    • Nehemiah 8:4

      Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum,…

    • Nehemiah 10:20

      Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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