Nehemiah 12:29
and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem.
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Deuteronomy 11:30Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Chanaan, which lies westward near Golgol, by the high oak?
1 Chronicles 6:60and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob and her suburbs.
Nehemiah 7:28The men of Bethasmoth, forty-two.
Nehemiah 11:31And the children of Benjamin dwelt from Gabaa to Machmas.
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 →