Nehemiah 11 - Prayer Tents

Population of the City Increased

11Now 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 the holy city Jerusalem, while nine-tenths remained in the other towns.H8269H5971H3427H3389H7605H5971H5307H1486H935H259H6235H3427H3389H6944H5892H8672H3027H58922And the people blessed all those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.H5971H1288H582H5068H3427H33893These are the leaders of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah all lived on their property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.H7218H4082H3427H3389H5892H3063H3427H376H272H5892H3478H3548H3881H5411H1121H8010H56504And in Jerusalem lived some of the Judahites and of the Benjaminites. Of the Judahites: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, of the descendants of Perez;H3389H3427H1121H3063H1121H1144H1121H3063H6265H1121H5818H1121H2148H1121H568H1121H8203H1121H4111H1121H65575and Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Col-hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah son of the Shilonite.H4641H1121H1263H1121H3626H1121H2382H1121H5718H1121H3114H1121H2148H1121H80236All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant warriors.H1121H6557H3427H3389H702H3967H8346H8083H2428H5827And these are the Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam son of Joed son of Pedaiah son of Kolaiah son of Maaseiah son of Ithiel son of Jeshaiah.H1121H1144H5543H1121H4918H1121H3133H1121H6305H1121H6964H1121H4641H1121H384H1121H34708And his brothers Gabbai, Sallai: nine hundred twenty-eight.H310H1373H5543H8672H3967H6242H80839Joel son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city.H3100H1121H2147H6496H3063H1121H5574H4932H589210Of the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin,H3548H3048H1121H3114H319911Seraiah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, officer of the house of God,H8304H1121H2518H1121H4918H1121H6659H1121H4812H1121H285H5057H1004H43012and their associates who did the work of 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,H251H6213H4399H1004H8083H3967H6242H8147H5718H1121H3395H1121H6421H1121H557H1121H2148H1121H6583H1121H444113and his associates, heads of ancestral houses, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer,H251H7218H1H8147H3967H705H8147H6023H1121H5832H1121H273H1121H4919H1121H56414and their associates, valiant warriors, one hundred twenty-eight; their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.H251H1368H2428H3967H6242H8083H6496H2068H1121H141915And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah son of Bunni;H3881H8098H1121H2815H1121H5840H1121H2811H1121H113816and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the leaders of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;H7678H3107H7218H3881H2435H4399H1004H43017and Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zabdi son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.H4983H1121H4316H1121H2067H1121H623H7218H8462H3034H8605H1229H4932H251H5653H1121H8051H1121H1559H1121H303818All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.H3881H6944H5892H3967H8084H70219The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.H7778H6126H2929H251H8104H8179H3967H7657H814720And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, all of them in their inheritance.H7605H3478H3548H3881H5892H3063H376H515921But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.H5411H3427H6077H6727H1658H541122The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani son of Hashabiah son of Mattaniah son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, the singers, in charge of the work of the house of God.H6496H3881H3389H5813H1121H1137H1121H2811H1121H4983H1121H4316H1121H623H7891H5048H4399H1004H43023For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as was required every day.H4428H4687H548H7891H1697H311724And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.H6611H1121H4898H1121H2226H1121H3063H4428H3027H1697H5971

Villages outside Jerusalem

25And 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,H2691H7704H1121H3063H3427H7153H2691H1769H1323H3343H132326and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet,H3442H4137H104627in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages,H2705H884H132328in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,H6860H4368H132329in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,H5884H6881H341230Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they camped from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.H2182H5725H2691H3923H7704H5825H1323H2583H884H1516H201131The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,H1121H1144H1387H4363H5857H1008H132332Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,H6068H5011H605533Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,H2674H7414H166434Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,H2307H6650H504135Lod, and Ono, the valley of artisans.H3850H207H1516H2791H279836And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin.H3881H4256H3063H1144