Chapter Book
Loading
Change Translation
Loading...
  • Recent Translations
  • All Translations

Nehemiah 11:15-18

Share

Settings

15 Of the Levites: Shemayah the son of Hashshuv, the son of `Azrikam, the son of Hashavyah, the son of Bunni;
16 and Shabbetai and Yozavad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
17 and Mattanyah the son of Mikha, the son of Zavdi, the son of Asaf, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukyah, the second among his brothers; and `Avda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Yedutun.
18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
Read Chapter Compare

Nehemiah 11:15-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 11

This chapter treats of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who settled there by lot, or of their own accord, their names and numbers, Ne 11:1-9, and of the priests and Levites who dwelt there, Ne 11:10-19, and of the rest of the people, priests, and Levites, that dwelt in the other cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin, Ne 11:20-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain.