Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Nehemiah 11:25
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.
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.
KIRJATH-ARBA - i. e., Hebron. In the absence of the Hebrews during the captivity, the place had recovered its old name Joshua 15:13....
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)...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
6. Towns occupied in Judah and Benjamin. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 11:25-36 25 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,...
_AND FOR THE VILLAGES, WITH THEIR FIELDS, SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH DWELT AT KIRJATH-ARBA, AND IN THE VILLAGES THEREOF, AND AT DIBON, AND IN THE VILLAGES THEREOF, AND AT JEKABZEEL, AND IN THE VILL...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
(20-36) The heads in the country....
וְ אֶל ־הַ חֲצֵרִ֖ים בִּ שְׂדֹתָ֑ם מִ
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...
_The houses. Hebrew, "and for the dwellings, (Calmet) or villages." (Pagnin) (Menochius) --- Villages. Literally, "daughters," which is often used in this sense. (Haydock)_...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER JEWS...
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...
Nehemiah 11:25 villages H2691 fields H7704 children H1121 Judah H3063 dwelt H3427 (H8804) Arba H7153 villages...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
PART III. ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM, WITH THE NUMBER OF THE ADULT MALES, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS. VARIOUS
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)....
Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:21; Joshua 15:22...