Nehemiah 11:16
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New International Version (©2011)
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;

New Living Translation (©2007)
Also Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were in charge of the work outside the Temple of God.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

International Standard Version (©2012)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the descendants of Levi who oversaw the exterior work of the Temple of God,

NET Bible (©2006)
Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Shabbethai and Jozabad, Levite leaders, who were in charge of the work outside God's temple.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the outside business of the house of God.

American King James Version
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

American Standard Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of Cod, of the princes of the Levites,

Darby Bible Translation
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outward work of the house of God;

English Revised Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

World English Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Young's Literal Translation
and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, are over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:1-36 The distribution of the people. - In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not the things of Christ. Few have had such attachment to holy things and holy places, as to renounce pleasure for their sake. Yet surely, our souls should delight to dwell where holy persons and opportunities of spiritual improvement most abound. If we have not this love to the city of our God, and to every thing that assists our communion with the Saviour, how shall we be willing to depart hence; to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord? To the carnal-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites,.... Along with Shemaiah; these had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God: who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel, to purchase things with for the use of the temple.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. the oversight of the outward business of the house of God—that is, those things which were done outside, or in the country, such as the collecting of the provisions (1Ch 26:29).

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The New Settlers in Jerusalem
…15Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. 17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. …

1 Chronicles 26:29 From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.
Nehemiah 11:15 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah 11:17 Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.