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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”

25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27 in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its towns, 28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, 29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. 31 The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36 Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.

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