Nehemiah 11:25

25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Yehudah lived in Kiryat-Arba and the towns of it, and in Divon and the towns of it, and in Yekavtze'el and the villages of it,

Nehemiah 11:25 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:25

And for the villages, with their fields
The cities and villages in the country, an account of the inhabitants of them next follows:

some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the
villages thereof;
the same with Hebron, ( Joshua 15:54 )

and at Dibon;
the same with Dimonah, ( Joshua 15:22 )

and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof;
the same with Kabzeel, one of the uttermost cities of the tribe of Judah southward, ( Joshua 15:21 ) , of which city was Benaiah, one of David's worthies, ( 2 Samuel 23:20 ) , from hence to the end of ( Nehemiah 11:30 ) mention is made of various cities and towns, in the tribe of Judah, inhabited by the men of it, which are to be met with in ( Joshua 15:1 ) excepting Jeshua and Mekonah, ( Nehemiah 11:26 Nehemiah 11:28 ) , of which we nowhere else read.

Nehemiah 11:25 In-Context

23 For there was a mitzvah from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

24 Petachyah the son of Meshezav'el, of the children of Zerach the son of Yehudah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Yehudah lived in Kiryat-Arba and the towns of it, and in Divon and the towns of it, and in Yekavtze'el and the villages of it,

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

27 and in Hatzar-Shu`al, and in Be'er-Sheva and the towns of it,