Nehemiah 11
Nehemiah 11:1 Now the captains of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the sacred city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.
Nehemiah 11:2 The people praised all the men who volunteered[1] to live in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 11:3 These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his property in their towns– the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants —
Nehemiah 11:4, while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem. Judah’s descendants: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants;
Nehemiah 11:5 and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a descendant of the Shilonite.
Nehemiah 11:6 The total number of Perez’s descendants who settled in Jerusalem was 468 efficient men.
Nehemiah 11:7 These were Benjamin’s descendants: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,
Nehemiah 11:8 and after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928.
Nehemiah 11:9 Joel, son of Zichri, was the officer over them, and Judah, son of Hassenuah, was second in command over the city.
Nehemiah 11:10 The priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and
Nehemiah 11:11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple,
Nehemiah 11:12 and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah, son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah
Nehemiah 11:13 and his relatives, the heads of families: 242. Amashsai, son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
Nehemiah 11:14 and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel, son of Haggedolim, was their chief.
Nehemiah 11:15 The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
Nehemiah 11:16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the heads of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
Nehemiah 11:17 Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the one who was leading[2] the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda, son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
Nehemiah 11:18 All the Levites in the sacred city: 284.
Nehemiah 11:19 The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the city gates: 172.
Nehemiah 11:20 The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.
Nehemiah 11:21 The temple servants lived on Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.
Nehemiah 11:22 The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi, son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.
Nehemiah 11:23 In fact, the king had commanded them and issued an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.
Nehemiah 11:24 Pethahiah, son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah, son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
Nehemiah 11:25 As for the farming settlements with their fields: Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and Dibon and their surrounding villages, and Jekabzeel and its settlements;
Nehemiah 11:26 in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
Nehemiah 11:27 Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba and its surrounding villages;
Nehemiah 11:28 in Ziklag and Meconah and its surrounding villages;
Nehemiah 11:29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, and
Nehemiah 11:30 Zanoah and Adullam with their settlements; in Lachish with its fields, Azekah, and surrounding villages. So they settled from Beer-sheba to Hinnom Valley.
Nehemiah 11:31 Benjamin’s descendants: from Geba, Michmash, Aija, and Bethel and its surrounding villages,
Nehemiah 11:32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nehemiah 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Nehemiah 11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Nehemiah 11:35 Lod, and Ono, in Craftsmen’s Valley.
Nehemiah 11:36 Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.
[1] נָדָב = volunteer. Nehemiah 11:2.
[2] תְּחִלָּה = leading. Nehemiah 11:17.
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