Nehemiah 11:25-36

25 As for the villages and their surrounding fields: some of the people of Y'hudah lived in Kiryat-Arba and its villages, in Divon and its villages, in Y'kabze'el and its villages,

26 in Yeshua, in Moladah, in Beit-Pelet,

27 in Hatzar-Shu'al and its villages, in Be'er-Sheva and its villages,

28 in Ziklag, in M'khonah and its villages,

29 in 'Ein-Rimmon, in Tzor'ah, in Yarmut,

30 Zanoach, Adulam and their villages, in Lakhish and its surrounding fields, and in 'Azekah and its villages. Thus they occupied the territory from Be'er-Sheva as far as the Hinnom Valley.

31 The people of Binyamin lived from Geva onward, in Mikhmas and 'Ayah, in Beit-El and its villages,

32 and in 'Anatot, Nov, 'Ananyah,

33 Hatzor, Ramah, Gittayim,

34 Hadid, Tzvo'im, N'valat,

35 Lud, Ono and Gei-Harashim.

36 Of the L'vi'im, some divisions from Y'hudah settled in Binyamin.

Nehemiah 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.