Nehemiah 11:3

3 ¹Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah ²each lived on his own property in their cities -the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the ³temple servants and the ⁴descendants of Solomon's servants.

Nehemiah 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:3

Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in
Jerusalem
That is, of Judea, reduced to a province by the king of Babylon, and now a province of the Persian monarchy:

but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their
cities;
in which they or their ancestors had formerly dwelt: to wit, Israel: the people in general of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and such of the other tribes that returned with them:

the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of
Solomon's servants;
of whom see ( Ezra 2:55 Ezra 2:58 ) .

Nehemiah 11:3 In-Context

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 9:2-34
• 2. Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 11:20
• 3. Ezra 2:43
• 4. Nehemiah 7:57

Footnotes

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