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

14His friends were with him. They were 128 strong brave men from that clan. Haggedolim's son, Zabdiel, was the officer with authority over them. 15From the Levites: Shemaiah, son of Hasshub and Azrikam's grandson. Azrikam was the son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni. Shabbethai and Jozabad were leaders of the Levites who had authority over work on the outside of God's temple. 17Mattaniah, son of Mica and Zabdi's grandson. Zabdi was Asaph's son. Mattaniah led the people when they prayed and they thanked God. Bakbukiah helped Mattaniah, as well as Shammua's son, Abda. Shammua was the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18284 Levites lived in the holy city, Jerusalem.

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 8:7As the people listened, some Levites taught them the meaning of God's Law. The names of the Levites were: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah.
• 1 Chronicles 26:20Other Levites kept the valuable things in the temple safe. That included the money and the gifts that people had offered to God.
• Acts 6:2The 12 apostles heard about the problem. They told all the believers to meet together with them. The apostles said, ‘Our work is to teach people God's message about Jesus. We do not have time to give out the food and money to people as well.

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
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• 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