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    Nehemiah 11

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    Jerusalem was populated by a lottery, and then the lottery’s inhabitants were blessed as volunteers; meanwhile, the singers worked under a king’s daily ordinance that the chapter declines to explain.

    The tenth who came to Jerusalemvv. 1–2

    The leaders settled in Jerusalem, while the rest of the people cast lots: one in ten was brought into the holy city, and the other nine remained in their towns. Then, with a pleasing twist in the paperwork of fate, the people blessed the men who had volunteered to live there.

    Those who filled the cityvv. 3–24

    The chapter proceeds by households, offices, and numbers. Athaiah and Maaseiah appear among Judah’s descendants; Sallu heads the Benjaminite list, with Joel over them and Judah over the Second District. Priests attend the temple, Levites supervise its outer work, gatekeepers watch the gates, and the temple servants live on Ophel. Mattaniah leads thanksgiving and prayer, while Uzzi oversees the Levites in Jerusalem. He is one of Asaph’s descendants, the singers in charge of the house of God—and those singers are subject to a king’s command regulating their daily activities, a command left sitting there like a sealed note.

    The towns spread outwardvv. 25–36

    The rest of the people remain on their inheritances, and the chapter unfurls their geography in a long ribbon: Judah’s settlements run from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom; Benjamin’s from Geba through Michmash, Bethel, Lod, Ono, and the Valley of the Craftsmen. At the very end, some divisions of the Levites of Judah settle in Benjamin—a small crossing of tribal boundaries to finish a chapter chiefly concerned with who lives where.

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    1. Neh 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

    2. Neh 11:2And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

    3. Neh 11:3These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

    4. Neh 11:4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;

    5. Neh 11:5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

    6. Neh 11:6The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.

    7. Neh 11:7From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

    8. Neh 11:8and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.

    9. Neh 11:9Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

    10. Neh 11:10From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin;

    11. Neh 11:11Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;

    12. Neh 11:12and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;

    13. Neh 11:13and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

    14. Neh 11:14and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.

    15. Neh 11:15From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

    16. Neh 11:16Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

    17. Neh 11:17Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

    18. Neh 11:18The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

    19. Neh 11:19And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

    20. Neh 11:20The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.

    21. Neh 11:21The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.

    22. Neh 11:22Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

    23. Neh 11:23For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.

    24. Neh 11:24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.

    25. Neh 11:25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

    26. Neh 11:26in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

    27. Neh 11:27in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

    28. Neh 11:28in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

    29. Neh 11:29in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

    30. Neh 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

    31. Neh 11:31The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

    32. Neh 11:32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

    33. Neh 11:33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

    34. Neh 11:34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

    35. Neh 11:35Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

    36. Neh 11:36And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

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    • 2Judges 5:9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
    • 1Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
    • 1Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
    • 21Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
    • 25Joshua 14:15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
    • 1Nehemiah 10:34We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
    • 1Nehemiah 11:18The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
    • 18Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
    • 24Genesis 38:30Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
    • 351 Chronicles 8:12The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
    • 1Matthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
    • 22 Corinthians 8:16–17But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
    • 31 Chronicles 9:1–34So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
    • 3Ezra 2:1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
    • 3Nehemiah 7:73So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
    • 3Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

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