Nechemyah 11:4

4 And at Yerushalayim dwelt certain of the Bnei Yehudah, and of the Bnei Binyamin. Of the Bnei Yehudah; Atayah ben Uziyah, ben Zecharyah, ben Amaryah, ben Shephatyah, ben Mahalal’el, of the children of Peretz;

Nechemyah 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:4

And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of
the children of Benjamin
It belonging partly to one tribe and partly to the other, and so inhabited by both, as it originally was, ( Joshua 15:63 ) ( 18:28 )

of the children of Judah; Athaiah;
called Uthai, ( 1 Chronicles 9:4 ) whose lineage is traced through Uzziah, Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalaleel,

of the children of Perez;
a son of Judah, see ( 1 Chronicles 9:4 ) .

Nechemyah 11:4 In-Context

2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Yerushalayim.

3 Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Yerushalayim, but in the towns of Yehudah dwelt every one in his possession in their towns—Yisroel, the Kohanim, and the Levi’im, and the Netinim, and the Bnei Avdei Sh’lomo.

4 And at Yerushalayim dwelt certain of the Bnei Yehudah, and of the Bnei Binyamin. Of the Bnei Yehudah; Atayah ben Uziyah, ben Zecharyah, ben Amaryah, ben Shephatyah, ben Mahalal’el, of the children of Peretz;

5 And Ma’aseiyah ben Baruch, ben Colchozeh, ben Chazayah, ben Adayah, ben Yoyariv, ben Zecharyah, ben Shelah.

6 All the Bnei Peretz that dwelt at Yerushalayim were four hundred threescore and eight anshei chayil.