Context 18All the Levites in the holy city were 284. 19Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172. Outside Jerusalem 20The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance. 21But the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants. 22Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the service of the house of God. 23For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day. 24Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s representative in all matters concerning the people. 25Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, 27and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns, 28and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, 29and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom. 31The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns, 32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAll the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Douay-Rheims Bible All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. Darby Bible Translation all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four. English Revised Version All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Webster's Bible Translation All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty four. World English Bible All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four. Young's Literal Translation All the Levites, in the holy city, are two hundred eighty and four. Library Lydda"Lydda was a village, not yielding to a city in greatness." Concerning its situation, and distance from Jerusalem, the Misna hath these words: "The vineyard of four years" (that is, the fruit of a vineyard now of four years' growth; for, for the first three years, they were trees, as it were, not circumcised) "was brought to Jerusalem, in the space of a day's journey on every side. Now these were the bounds of it; Elath on the south; Acrabatta on the north; Lydda on the west; and Jordan on the east." … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah Ezra-Nehemiah Links Nehemiah 11:18 NIV • Nehemiah 11:18 NLT • Nehemiah 11:18 ESV • Nehemiah 11:18 NASB • Nehemiah 11:18 KJV • Nehemiah 11:18 Bible Apps • Nehemiah 11:18 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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