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Nehemiah 11:25

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] the villages thereof,

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KJV King James Version

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] the villages thereof,

BSB Berean Standard Bible

As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

WEB World English Bible

As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

ASV American Standard Version

And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

Surrounding context — Nehemiah 11

22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem [was] Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers [were] over the business of the house of God.

23 For [it was] the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, [was] at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

25 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] the villages thereof,

26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages thereof,

28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

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וְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַחֲצֵרִ֖יםH2691 · cha.tsercourt בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑םH7704 · sa.daySirion מִבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: child יְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah יָֽשְׁב֞וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwell בְּקִרְיַ֤תH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arba הָֽאַרְבַּע֙H7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arba וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָH1323 · batdaughter וּבְדִיבֹן֙H1769 · di.vonDibon וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָH1323 · batdaughter וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖לH3343 · ye.qav.tse.elJekabzeel וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃H2691 · cha.tsercourt

Cross-references

Joshua 14:15And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.Joshua 15:21-22And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

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