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The Residents Outside Jerusalem

25 For the villages located by their fields, some of the people of Judah lived at Kiriath Arba and its villages, others at Dibon and its villages, or at Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 as well as at Jeshua, at Moladah, and at Beth Pelet, 27 and at Hazar Shual, and at Beersheba and its villages, 28 and at Ziklag, at Mekonah and its villages, 29 and at En Rimmon, at Zorah, at Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, at Lachish and its fields, and at Azekah and its villages. So they lived from Beersheba as far as the Valley of Hinnom.

31 Some of the Benjamites settled from Geba onward, at Mikmash, Aija, and Bethel and their villages, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

36 From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.

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Villages Outside of Jerusalem

25 As for the villages in their territories, some from the descendants[a] of Judah lived in Kiriath-Arba and its settlements,[b] Dibon and its settlements,[c] Jekabzeel and its settlements,[d] 26 Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27 Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its settlements,[e] 28 Ziklad, Meconah and its settlements,[f] 29 En-Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuch, 30 Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements,[g] Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its settlements.[h] So they camped from Beersheba up to the Valley of Hinnom. 31 The descendants[i] of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and their settlements,[j] 32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono the valley of the artisans. 36 And from the Levites the working groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:25 Or “sons”
  2. Nehemiah 11:25 Literally “its daughters”
  3. Nehemiah 11:25 Literally “its daughters”
  4. Nehemiah 11:25 Literally “its daughters”
  5. Nehemiah 11:27 Literally “its daughters”
  6. Nehemiah 11:28 Literally “its daughters”
  7. Nehemiah 11:30 Literally “their daughters”
  8. Nehemiah 11:30 Literally “its daughters”
  9. Nehemiah 11:31 Or “sons”
  10. Nehemiah 11:31 Literally “their daughters”