Nehemiah 11:30

Translations

Modern

Zanoah, 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.

Traditional

Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

Literal

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. And they dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

Latin

Zanoa, Odollam, et in villis earum, Lachis et regionibus ejus, et Azeca, et filiabus ejus. Et manserunt in Bersabee usque ad vallem Ennom.

Original

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English

Zanoah, 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.

Notes

Nehemiah 11:30

from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom: Earlier descriptions of where people settled focused on areas north of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3; 11:31–36). This list (Nehemiah 11:25–30) shows the expansion of places where Jewish people lived as they returned to many of their towns from before the exile, both north and south of Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 11:1–36

The story goes back to the topic of bringing people back to live in the safe city of Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 7:1–5). The list of names is similar to the one in 1 Chronicles 9:2–17.

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Joshua 10:3
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They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
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…the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

Places

Adullam: A Canaanite city, later fortified by Judah Azekah: Judean town, site of battles and sieges Beersheba: Important city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs Lachish: A fortified city in Judah Topheth: Site of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem Zanoah: A town in the Judean lowlands allotted to Judah

Glossary

Adullam, Adullamite Azekah Book of Nehemiah Elah Genealogy Zanoah (Place)

Topics

Adullam: An Ancient City of Canaan Azekah: A Town of Judah Hinnom: A Valley West and Southwest of Jerusalem Zanoah: A City of Western Judah

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