New King James Version
Nehemiah 11:30
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah 11:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
- New International Version (NIV)Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Zanoah, and Adullam with their surrounding villages. They also lived in Lachish with its nearby fields and Azekah with its surrounding villages. So the people of Judah were living all the way from Beersheba in the south to the valley of Hinnom.
Context of Nehemiah 11:30
28in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages; 29in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 31Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages; 32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
Read all of Nehemiah 11Nehemiah 11:30 word by word
זָנֹ֤חַ עֲדֻלָּם֙ וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֔ם לָכִישׁ֙ וּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָ עֲזֵקָ֖ה וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ וַיַּחֲנ֥וּ מִבְּאֵֽר־שֶׁ֖בַע עַד־גֵּֽיא־הִנֹּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Zanoahזָנוֹחַzânôach · ZanoahH2182
- Adullamעֲדֻלָּם‛ădûllâm · AdullamH5725
- their villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
- at Lachishלָכִישׁlâkîysh · LachishH3923
- and the fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- thereof, at Azekahעֲזֵקָה‛ăzêqâh · AzekahH5825
- the villagesבַּתbath · daughter: villageH1323
- thereof. And they dweltחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
- from Beer–shebaבְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַעbe'êr sheba‛ · BeershebaH884
- unto the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · ValleyH1516
- of Hinnomהִנֹּםhinnôm · (Topheth of) HinnomH2011
Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:30
- Nehemiah 3:13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.
- Joshua 15:34Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
- Joshua 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Micah 1:15I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
- Joshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- Isaiah 37:8Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Joshua 15:8And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.
- Joshua 18:16Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel.
- 2 Kings 23:10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
- Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
- Jeremiah 19:2And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you,
- Jeremiah 32:35And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’
Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:30
- 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. 30from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom: Earlier descriptions of where people settled focused on areas north of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3; 11:31–36). This list (Nehemiah 11:25–30) shows the expansion of places where Jewish people lived as they returned to many of their towns from before the exile, both north and south of Jerusalem.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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