chiefs. heads.
but. and.
Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. The common name of the nation, not of the ten tribes merely.
the Nethinims. See note on Ezra 2:43.
children. sons. Compare Ezr 7:57. Ezr 7:60. Ezra 2:55; Ezra 2:58.
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Nehemiah 11:3
3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.