Nehemiah 11

Modern

Literal

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^a were to dwell in their own towns.

¹And the leaders of the people dwelt in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people caused lots to fall to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine hands in the cities.

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

²And the people gave a blessing to all the men who freely offered to dwell 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,^a and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

³And these are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and they dwelt in the cities of Judah, each man on his property in their cities—Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon—

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;

⁴and in Jerusalem some dwelt from the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the sons of Perez;

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.^a

⁵and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.

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

⁶All the sons of Perez who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight men of valor.

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;

⁷And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah.

⁸and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.

⁸And after him Gabbai and Sallu—nine hundred twenty-eight.

⁹Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.^a

⁹And Joel son of Zichri the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Mishneh of the city.

¹⁰From the priests:

Jedaiah son of Joiarib;^a Jachin;

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;

¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, leader 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;

¹²And their brothers doing the work for the house—eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, 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;

¹³and his brothers, the heads of fathers—two hundred forty-two; and Amashai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,

¹⁴and his associates—^a128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.

¹⁴and his brothers, mighty men of valor—a hundred twenty-eight. And the officer over them was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.

¹⁵From the Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

¹⁵And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;

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

¹⁶and Shabbethai and Jozabad were over the outside work for the house of God, from the heads of the Levites;

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.

¹⁷and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the head of the beginning, who gives thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah the second among his brothers; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

¹⁸The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

¹⁸All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

¹⁹And the gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

¹⁹And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, those watching at the gates—a hundred seventy-two.

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.

²⁰And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each man in his inheritance.

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

²¹And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

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.^a He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

²²And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica—from the sons of Asaph, the singers who were over the work of the house of God.

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

²³For the commandment of the king was upon them, and a fixed portion for those singing, was a matter of a day in its day.

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

²⁴And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at the hand of the king for every matter for the people.

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

²⁵And for the villages with their fields, some from the sons of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages.

²⁶in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

²⁶And in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-pelet,

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

²⁷and in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and its villages.

²⁸in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

²⁸And in Ziklag, and in Mekonah and in its villages.

²⁹in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

²⁹And in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in 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.

³⁰Zanoah, 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.

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

³¹And the sons of Benjamin from Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and its villages,

³²in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³²Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

³⁵Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.^a

³⁵Lod, and Ono, and in Ge-harashim.

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

³⁶And some from the Levites, divisions in Judah, were assigned to Benjamin.