Nehemiah 11:1-6

Time Passes; Heads of Provinces

1 Now ¹the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people ²cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, ³the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

2 And the people blessed all the men who ⁴volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

3 ⁵Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah ⁶each lived on his own property in their cities -the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the ⁷temple servants and the ⁸descendants of Solomon's servants.

4 Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 * * * able men.

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Nehemiah 11:1-6 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

Cross References 8

1. Nehemiah 7:4
2. Nehemiah 10:34
3. Nehemiah 11:18; Isaiah 48:2
4. Judges 5:9
5. 1 Chronicles 9:2-34
6. Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 11:20
7. Ezra 2:43
8. Nehemiah 7:57

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "Israel"
[b]. Heb "Nethinim"
[c]. Lit "sons"