Nehemiah 11:16

Nehemiah 11:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
• New International Version (NIV)Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;
• English Standard Version (ESV)and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God;

Context of Nehemiah 11:16

14and their brothers, brave men, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim [one of the great men]. 15Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God; 17Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

Nehemiah 11:16 word by word

וְשַׁבְּתַ֨י וְיוֹזָבָ֜ד עַל־הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה הַחִֽיצֹנָה֙ לְבֵ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Shabbethaiשַׁבְּתַיshabbethay · ShabbethaiH7678
• and Jozabadיוֹזָבָדyôzâbâd · JozabadH3107
• of the chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• the oversight of the outwardחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• businessמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:16

• Nehemiah 8:7Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, explained the Law to the people, and the people remained in their places.
• 1 Chronicles 26:20Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
• Acts 6:2So the Twelve called the disciples together and said, “It is not appropriate for us to neglect [teaching] the word of God in order to serve tables and manage the distribution of food.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And Shabbethai - This verse, with Nehemiah 11:20, Nehemiah 11:21, Nehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:29, Nehemiah 11:32, Nehemiah 11:33, Nehemiah 11:34, and Nehemiah 11:35, are all wanting in the Septuagint and the whole chapter is wanting in the Arabic, the translator not being concerned in Jewish genealogies. The outward business - Calmet supposes that he provided the victuals for the priests, victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the sacred…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-19Verses 4-19 See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles: (table not shown) According to Nehemiah‘s numbers, supplemented from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Outside the temple, the work likely involved collecting tithes from people and managing them in storehouses (Nehemiah 10:37–39; see also 1 Chronicles 26:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. the oversight of the outward business of the house of God--that is, those things which were done outside, or in the country, such as the collecting of the provisions (1Ch 26:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 11:16

• Jozabad
• Levites
• Shabbethai
• Shemaiah

In the dictionaries

• God
• House of God
• Shabbethai
• Business
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Jozabad
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings