Nehemiah 11:31

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 Living Translation (NLT)Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.

Context of Nehemiah 11:31

29in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages; 32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah; 33in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

Nehemiah 11:31 word by word

וּבְנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִגָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְעַיָּ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• also of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• from Gebaגֶּ֫בַעgeba‛ · GebaH1387
• at Michmashמִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂmikmâs mikmâsh mikmash · MichmashH4363
• and Aijaעַי‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth · AiH5857
• and Beth–elבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
• their villagesבַּתbath · daughter: villageH1323

People and places in Nehemiah 11:31

• Benjamin
• Ai
• Bethel
• Geba
• Michmash

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:31

• Nehemiah 7:30the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;
• Joshua 18:24Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
• Nehemiah 7:31the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
• 1 Samuel 13:11And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,
• Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
• Nehemiah 7:32the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;
• Genesis 12:8And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
• Joshua 8:9Joshua therefore sent them out; and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel 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 Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
• Joshua 18:13The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.

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

Topics related to Nehemiah 11:31

• Ai
• Geba
• Michmash
• Nob

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Ai
• Geba
• Aija
• Bethel
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Palestine

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