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KIRJATH-ARBA - i. e., Hebron. In the absence of the Hebrews during the
captivity, the place had recovered its old name Joshua 15:13....
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III. THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED, THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL, AND
NEHEMIAH'S FINAL ACTS
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. The willing offerers (Nehemiah 11:1)_
2. The heads of the residents of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:3)...
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PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH. THE
DEDICATION OF THE WALLS INTERNAL ORGANISATION.
Nehemiah 11:1. The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. This section
consists of lists...
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VILLAGES. Hebrew daughters, i.e. of the mother city.
WITH THEIR FIELDS. in their fields: i.e. unwalled (Leviticus 25:31).
Compare, for the names that follow, Joshua 15:13, &c....
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_And for the villages, with their fields_ The preposition -for" =
-with respect to." The verse takes up the thread which had been
interrupted by the parenthesis (21 24).
_at Kirjath-arba, and_in _the...
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Nehemiah 11:1 TO NEHEMIAH 12:26. Extracts from Registers and Public
Lists
1, 2. Measures taken to increase the number of dwellers in Jerusalem.
This passage seems to take up the thread which had bee...
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6. Towns occupied in Judah and Benjamin.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 11:25-36
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Now 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,...
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11:25 hamlets (c-5) Or 'enclosures,' 'farms;' Genesis 25:16 .
villages, (d-21) Lit. 'daughters,' also in vers. 27,28,30,31, and
elsewhere often....
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MEASURES TO SUPPLEMENT THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM
1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in
Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4. The rulers were already residing in the
capital, and mean...
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THE VILLAGES, WITH THEIR FIELDS] better, 'the villages in their
fields,' i.e. the unwalled towns (Leviticus 25:31). Most of the names
that follow occur in Joshua 15:13....
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 11
The people had built the city called Jerusalem again. Then they
returned to the smaller towns and v...
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Nehemiah also recorded the names of the towns and villages of *Judah.
We do not know much about the people in this chapter. They lived many
years ago, but they did an important job for Nehemiah and f...
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(20-36) The heads in the country....
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The children of Judah are now described very generally with respect to
their distribution.
KIRJATH-ARBA. — Hebron no longer, the ancient name being now
recovered.
IN THE VILLAGES THEREOF. — Literall...
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וְ אֶל ־הַ חֲצֵרִ֖ים בִּ שְׂדֹתָ֑ם מִ
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We now begin the third and final division of the Book, in which is set
forth the arrangements made for settlement of the cities. It is the
last piece of history which the Old Testament contains. Some...
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_The houses. Hebrew, "and for the dwellings, (Calmet) or villages."
(Pagnin) (Menochius) --- Villages. Literally, "daughters," which is
often used in this sense. (Haydock)_...
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(20) В¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites,
were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. (21) But
the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble
themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated
themselves f...
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And for the villages, with their fields, [some] of the children of
Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and [in] the villages thereof, and at
Dibon, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and [in] th...
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1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by Lot, dwell at
Ierusalem.
3 A catalogue of their names.
20 The residue dwell in other cities.
[WHO DWELT IN IERUSALEM, AND THE CITIES OF IUDA...
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And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah
dwelt at Kirjath-arba and in the villages thereof, that is, In Hebron,
some twenty miles southwest of Jerusalem, AND AT DIBON AND...
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DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER JEWS...
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THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES
(vv. 1-25)
Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there,
but the people evidently preferred other places, so that the proposal
wa...
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KIRJATH-ARBA: this and most of the other places here named had been
destroyed by the Chaldeans; but the Jews now repaired the best of the
ruinated houses, and by degrees rebuilt others....
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Nehemiah 11:25 villages H2691 fields H7704 children H1121 Judah H3063
dwelt H3427 (H8804) Arba H7153 villages...
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THE DWELLINGPLACES OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH OUTSIDE JERUSALEM
(NEHEMIAH 11:25).
Meanwhile, as Nehemiah 11:20 tells us, ‘the residue of Israel, of
the priests and the Levites, were all in the cities of...
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TOWNS IN THE FORMER JUDEAN UPLANDS (NEHEMIAH 11:25).
These towns in the former Judean uplands were on the whole outside the
Persian Province of Judah, but had seemingly been resettled by the
returnee...
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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RESIDENCE OF THE RETURNEES (NEHEMIAH
11:21).
We now have added to the previous information, which has indicated
those who took up residence in Jerusalem, various details co...
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FOLLOWING THE MAKING OF THE RENEWED COVENANT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
NEW JERUSALEM AND OF THE RENEWED ISRAEL IS DESCRIBED (NEHEMIAH 11:1).
Having renewed the covenant it was now necessary for the new...
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JERUSALEM AS THE HOLY CITY, POPULATED BY TRUE
ISRAELITES; ITS WORSHIP CONDUCTED BY THOSE SPECIFICALLY AND PROVABLY
APPOINTED BY GOD; ACCEPTED FROM GOD WITH DUE GLADNESS AND PRAISE...
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CONTENTS: The dwellers at Jerusalem and the cities.
CHARACTERS: Joel, Judah, Zabdrel, Shabbethai, Jozabad, Mathaniah,
Uzzi, Pethahiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who take care of the outward concerns of the...
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Nehemiah 11:1. _To bring one in ten to dwell in Jerusalem._ The
inhabitants were not yet sufficiently numerous for the public works
and services, and for the defence of the city. Hence it became
neces...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:1 The Population of Jerusalem and the
Villages; Priests and Levites. These chapters depict the people’s
efforts to populate Jerusalem....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “This chapter is intimately connected with
Nehemiah 7:4, showing Nehemiah’s plan of increasing the population
of the city. The genealogies and then the confession and covenant come...
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PART III.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM, WITH THE NUMBER OF THE
ADULT MALES, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS. VARIOUS
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And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, that one in ten might dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities (Nehemiah 11:1)....
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Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:21; Joshua 15:22...