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Nehemiah 11:36
36Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
Nehemiah 11:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were assigned to Benjamin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Some of the Levites who lived in Judah were sent to live with the tribe of Benjamin.
Context of Nehemiah 11:36
34in Hadid, Zeboim and Neballat, 35in Lod and Ono, and in Ge Harashim. Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
Read all of Nehemiah 11Nehemiah 11:36 word by word
וּמִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מַחְלְק֥וֹת יְהוּדָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:36
- Joshua 21:1Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel
- 1 Chronicles 6:54These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
- Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36And of the Levites were divisions - The Levites had their dwellings in the divisions of Judah and Benjamin. This is probably the meaning: the Syriac says, They had the half of Judah and Benjamin; which is not likely. That the people whose hearts were now turned towards the Lord, would make the best provision for the support of God's work, and all those engaged in it, we may naturally suppose; but this could not be very great, as the complete service was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Of the Levites were divisions - i. e., “the Levites were scattered among various towns both in Judah and Benjamin.”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. 3636. And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin--Rather, there were divisions for the Levites; that is, those who were not resident in Jerusalem were distributed in settlements throughout the provinces of Judah and Benjamin.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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