Nehemiah 12:29

and from the house of Gilgal, and from the regions of Geba and Azmaveth. For the singing men had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

In Context

28Now the sons of the singing men were gathered from the plains surrounding Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophati,

30And the priests and the Levites were cleansed, and they cleansed the people, and the gates, and the wall.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:30which are across the Jordan, behind the way which slopes toward the setting of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who lives in the plains opposite Gilgal, which is near the valley extending toward and entering a distant place.

Joshua 10:43And he returned, with all of Israel, to the place of the encampment at Gilgal.

1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its suburbs, and Alemeth with its suburbs, as well as Anathoth with its suburbs. All the cities throughout their kindred were thirteen.

Nehemiah 7:28The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.

Nehemiah 11:31But the sons of Benjamin lived from Geba, at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and in its daughter villages,

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:28-44

The Dedication of the Wall. ( b. c. 444.) 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and… Read the whole commentary →

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