Nechemyah 11:21

21 But the Netinim dwelt in Ophel, and Tzicha and Gishpa were over the Netinim.

Nechemyah 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 ) .

Nechemyah 11:21 In-Context

19 Moreover the gatekeepers, Akuv, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were one hundred seventy and two.

20 And the rest of Yisroel, of the Kohanim, and the Levi’im, were in all the cities of Yehudah, every one in his nachalah.

21 But the Netinim dwelt in Ophel, and Tzicha and Gishpa were over the Netinim.

22 The overseer also of the Levi’im at Yerushalayim was Uzzi ben Bani, ben Chashavyah ben Matanyah ben Micha. Of the Bnei Asaph, the singers were responsible for the Beis HaElohim.

23 For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a regulation be for the singers, over their daily actities.