Nehemiah 11

Jerusalem’s New Settlers

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.[#11:1 Hebrew nine hands]

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

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—[#11:3 Hebrew Nethinim; also in verse 21]

⁴while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.)

From the descendants of Judah:

⁷From the descendants of Benjamin:

¹⁰From the priests:

Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin;

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;

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;

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;

¹⁴and his associates —128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.[#11:14 Most LXX manuscripts; Hebrew their associates]

¹⁵From the Levites:

¹⁹And the gatekeepers:

Residents Outside Jerusalem

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

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

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.[#11:22 Mica is a variant of Micaiah; see Nehemiah 12:35.]

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

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

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

²⁶in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

²⁷in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

²⁸in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

²⁹in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

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.

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

³²in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

³⁵Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.[#11:35 Hebrew in Ge-harashim]

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