Nehemiah 11:25-36

Villages Outside Jerusalem

25 And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in ¹Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

26 and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet,

27 in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its villages,

28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,

29 in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,

30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to ²the Valley of Hinnom.

31 The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

35 Lod, and ³Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

36 And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

Nehemiah 11:25-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 11

This chapter treats of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who settled there by lot, or of their own accord, their names and numbers, Ne 11:1-9, and of the priests and Levites who dwelt there, Ne 11:10-19, and of the rest of the people, priests, and Levites, that dwelt in the other cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin, Ne 11:20-36.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 14:15; Joshua 21:11
• 2. See Joshua 15:8
• 3. Nehemiah 6:2; 1 Chronicles 8:12