Nechemyah 11:25-36

25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Yehudah dwelt at Kiryat-Arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Divon, and in the villages thereof, and at Yekabze’el, and in the villages thereof,

26 And at Yeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beit-Pelet,

27 And at Chatzar Shual, and at Beer Sheva, and in the villages thereof,

28 And at Tziklag, and at Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,

29 And at En-Rimmon, and at Tzorah, and at Yarmut,

30 Zanoach, Adulam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from BeerSheva unto the valley of Gehinnom.

31 The children also of Binyamin from Geva dwelt at Michmas, and Ayah, and Beit-El, and in their villages.

32 And at Anatot, Nov, Ananyah,

33 Chatzor, Ramah, Gittayim,

34 Chadid, Tzvo’im, Nevalat,

35 Lud, and Ono, the Gey-HaCharashim.

36 And of the Levi’im were divisions in Yehudah and in Binyamin.

Nechemyah 11:25-36 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.