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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Nehemiah 11 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nehemiah/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/nehemiah/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Nehemiah 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nehemiah/10.htm" title="Nehemiah 10">◄</a> Nehemiah 11 <a href="../nehemiah/12.htm" title="Nehemiah 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/nehemiah/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Leaders in Jerusalem</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew nine hands">a</a></sup></span> remained in the other towns. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and his brothers, men of valor, 928.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare Septuagint; Hebrew Jeshaiah, and after him Gabbai, Sallai, 928">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and their brothers who did the work of the house, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and his brothers, heads of fathers’ houses, 242; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew beginning">c</a></sup></span> who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>All the Levites in the holy city were 284.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s side<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew hand">d</a></sup></span> in all matters concerning the people.</p> <p class="heading">Villages Outside Jerusalem</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its villages, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were assigned to Benjamin.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">nine</span> hands</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Compare Septuagint; Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">Jeshaiah, and</span> after him Gabbai, Sallai, 928</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew <i>beginning</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Hebrew <i>hand</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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