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Nehemiah 11:29
29They also lived in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
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Context of Nehemiah 11:29
27Hazar-shual, Beersheba with its settlements, 28Ziklag, and Meconah with its settlements. They also lived in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, 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. 31Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.
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וּבְעֵ֥ין רִמּ֛וֹן וּבְצָרְעָ֖ה וּבְיַרְמֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:29
- Joshua 15:32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages.
- Joshua 15:33The following towns situated in the western foothills were also given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
- Joshua 19:41The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
- Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Joshua 12:11The king of Jarmuth The king of Lachish
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:29
- 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
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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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