Nehemiah 11:21

21 The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.

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Nehemiah 11:21 in Other Translations

KJV

21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

ESV

21 But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.

NLT

21 The Temple servants, however, whose leaders were Ziha and Gishpa, all lived on the hill of Ophel.

MSG

21 The Temple staff lived on the hill Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were responsible for them.

CSB

21 The temple servants lived on Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.

Nehemiah 11:21 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:21

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel
An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see ( 2 Chronicles 27:3 ) ,

and Ziha, and Gispa, were over the Nethinims;
had the oversight of them, and took care that they did their work; they were such themselves, but the principal of them, see ( Ezra 2:43 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 11:21 In-Context

19 The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.

21 The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.

22 The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God.

23 The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.

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1. S Ezra 2:43; S Nehemiah 3:26

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