Nehemiah 12:28

So the sons of the singers gathered themselves together,—both out of the circuit round about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of the Netophathites;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

In Context

27And, 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 and the rejoicing, both with thanksgiving and with music, cymbals, harps, and with lyres.

29also out of Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba, and Azmaveth,—for, villages, had the singers builded for themselves, round about Jerusalem.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:54The sons of Salma, were Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atrothbeth-joab,—and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites;

Nehemiah 3:22and, after him, repaired, the priests, the men of the Circuit;

Nehemiah 7:26The men of Bethlehem, and Netophah, a hundred, and eighty-eight;

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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