Nehemiah 11:15

Nehemiah 11:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
• New International Version (NIV)From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
• English Standard Version (ESV)And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

Context of Nehemiah 11:15

13Adaiah’s relatives, the heads of the families, totaled 242. Amashsai was the son of Azarel, who was the son of Ahzai, who was the son of Meshillemoth, who was the son of Immer. 14Their relatives, who were warriors, totaled 128. The man in charge of them was Zabdiel, son of Haggedolim. These were the Levites: Shemaiah who was the son of Hasshub, who was the son of Azrikam, who was the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Bunni. 16Shabbethai and Jozabad, Levite leaders, who were in charge of the work outside God’s temple. 17Mattaniah was the son of Mica, who was the son of Zabdi, who was the son of Asaph, the leader who led the prayer of thanksgiving. The Levite leader Bakbukiah was the second-in-command among his relatives; and so was Abda who was the son of Shammua, who was the son of Galal, who was the son of Jeduthum.

Nehemiah 11:15 word by word

וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם שְׁמַעְיָ֧ה בֶן־חַשּׁ֛וּב בֶּן־עַזְרִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה בֶּן־בּוּנִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also of the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּshema‛yâh shema‛yâhû · ShemaiahH8098
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hashubחַשּׁוּבchashshûb · HasshubH2815
• of Azrikamעַזְרִיקָם‛azrîyqâm · AzrikamH5840
• of Hashabiahחֲשַׁבְיָ֫הוּchăshabyâh chăshabyâhû · HashabiahH2811
• of Bunniבֻּנִּיbûnnîy bûnîy · BunniH1138

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:15

• 1 Chronicles 9:14From the Levites descended from Merari were Shemaiah (son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, and great-grandson of Hashabiah),

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:15

• 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. 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

Topics related to Nehemiah 11:15

• Azrikam
• Bunni
• Hashabiah
• Hashub
• Shemaiah

In the dictionaries

• Hashub
• Shemaiah
• Azrikam
• Bunni
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Hashabiah
• Hasshub
• 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