“ And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. ”
Of the Levites were divisions - i. e., “the Levites were scattered among various towns both in Judah and Benjamin.”
PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. The Dedication of the Walls Internal Organisation. Nehemiah 11:1-36 . The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. This section consis...
were divisions, &c. : or, "Judah's divisions [were assigned] to Benjamin".
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. And of the Levites were divisions - The Levites had their dwellings in the divisions of Judah and Benjamin. This is probably the mea...
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin - rather for the Levites; i:e., those who were not resident in Jerusal...
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, an...
(20-36) The heads in the country.
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...
(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 t...
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.
Of the Levites were divisions Or, for the Levites (those who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions; places appointed for them and distributed among them. Thus were they settled fr...
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 proposa...
The Distribution of the People. B. C. 444. 20 And the residue of Israel, of the priest...
Or, for the Levites (to wit, those of them who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions, i.e. places appointed for them, and distributed among them.
Following The Making Of The Renewed Covenant The Establishment Of The New Jerusalem And Of The Renewed Israel Is Described ( Nehemiah 11:1-36 ). Having renewed the covenant it was now necessary fo...
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 c...
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 ne...
PART III . ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM , WITH THE NUMBER OF THE ADULT MALES , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS . VARIOUS LISTS OF PRIESTS A...
Distribution of Other Jews
1 Chronicles 6:54-81 ; Genesis 49:7 ; Joshua 21:1-45
Divisions — Or, for the Levites (those who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions, places appointed for them, and distributed among them. Thus were they settled free and easy, tho' few...