Nehemiah 11:25
Ver. 25. And for the villages, with their fields,.... The cities and villages in the country, an account of the inhabitants of them next follows:
some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof; the same with Hebron, Jos 15:54
and at Dibon; the same with Dimonah, Jos 15:22
and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof; the same with Kabzeel, one of the uttermost cities of the tribe of Judah southward, Jos 15:21, of which city was Benaiah, one of David's worthies, 2Sa 23:20, from hence to the end of Ne 11:30 mention is made of various cities and towns, in the tribe of Judah, inhabited by the men of it, which are to be met with in Jos 15:1 excepting Jeshua and Mekonah, Ne 11:26, of which we nowhere else read. Nehemiah 11:26Ver. 26. See Gill on "Ne 11:25" Nehemiah 11:27Ver. 27. See Gill on "Ne 11:25" Nehemiah 11:28Ver. 28. See Gill on "Ne 11:25" Nehemiah 11:29Ver. 29. See Gill on "Ne 11:25" Nehemiah 11:30Ver. 30. See Gill on "Ne 11:25" Nehemiah 11:31Ver. 31. The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Jos 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1Sa 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Jos 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jer 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1Sa 21:1. Ananiah is nowhere else mentioned; Hazor is to be distinguished from another of this name in the tribe of Naphtali, Jos 19:36. Ramah, a place well known in Benjamin, Jos 18:25. Gittaim, of which see 2Sa 4:3. Hadid, the same with Adida, which lay in a plain,"Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.'' (1 Maccabees 12:38)Zeboim, a valley of this name, is read in 1Sa 13:18. Neballat we read of nowhere else; of Lod and Ono, see 1Ch 8:12 and the valley of craftsmen, or Chorasin, 1Ch 4:14. Nehemiah 11:32Ver. 32. See Gill on "Ne 11:31". Nehemiah 11:33Ver. 33. See Gill on "Ne 11:31". Nehemiah 11:34Ver. 34. See Gill on "Ne 11:31". Nehemiah 11:35Ver. 35. See Gill on "Ne 10:31". Nehemiah 11:36Ver. 36. And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. They were scattered about, some here and some there, in both these tribes, for the better instruction of the people.
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