American Standard Version
Nehemiah 11:31
31The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Nehemiah 11:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,
- New International Version (NIV)The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Mikmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
Context of Nehemiah 11:31
29and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof, 32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Read all of Nehemiah 11Nehemiah 11:31 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִגָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְעַיָּ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:31
- Nehemiah 7:30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
- Joshua 18:24and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
- Nehemiah 7:31The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.
- 1 Samuel 13:11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
- Isaiah 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;
- Nehemiah 7:32The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
- Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
- Joshua 8:9And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
- Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Joshua 18:13And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Geba - Probably the same as Gibeah of Saul.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26-35Verses 26-35 Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27-39; Joshua 18:21-28.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The story goes back to the topic of bringing people back to live in the safe city of Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 7:1–5). The list of names is similar to the one in 1 Chronicles 9:2–17.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-364. at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah--The discrepancy that is apparent between this [Ne 11:4-36] and the list formerly given in 1Ch 9:1-9, arose not only from the Jewish and Oriental practice of changing or modifying the names of persons from a change of circumstances, but from the alterations that must have been produced in the course of time. The catalogue in Chronicles contains those who came with the first detachment of returned…Read the comment
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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
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