Nehemiah 11:25
What does Nehemiah 11:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 11:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Nehemiah 11:25 means
The text begins mapping the Judean countryside, naming villages and their fields where some of Judah’s children resided: Kiriath-arba with its towns, Dibon, and Jekabzeel with its villages. This shows that restoration was not limited to the capital. Families reclaimed and worked their ancestral lands, rebuilding homes and economies. Mentioning fields and villages highlights agriculture’s importance for sustaining Jerusalem and the nation. The list demonstrates breadth and rootedness: God’s people are reestablished in specific places, not merely as an urban cluster but as a network of communities supporting the holy city’s life and worship.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And for the daughter-towns with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba and its daughter-towns, and in Dibon and its daughter-towns, and in Jekabzeel and its daughter-towns,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And in the houses through all their countries. Of the children of Juda some dwelt at Cariath-Arbe, and in the villages thereof: and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof: and at Cabseel, and in the villages thereof.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And as to the hamlets in their fields, [some] of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages,
Context
Having completed Jerusalem’s internal arrangements (vv. 1–24), the narrative expands to catalog rural settlements. Verse 25 opens the Judean list in the south, indicating that returned exiles occupied various towns and their surrounding fields. This begins a geographical sweep through multiple localities (vv. 25–30) before turning to Benjamin’s settlements (vv. 31–35). The sequence shows a repopulated land—with city and countryside working together—and sets up the chapter’s closing note about Levites connected to Benjamin (v. 36).
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 14:15
Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 15:21
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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