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Nehemiah 11:33 Explained in Context
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Verse 33. 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
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Role in This Section
This verse continues with Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 11:25–11:36
Read Nehemiah 11:25–11:36 together. This verse continues with Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim. Read Nehemiah 11:25–11:36 as one complete scene: Families inhabit numerous towns and agricultural districts from the south through Benjamin, with some Levite divisions assigned among them.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs one particular step inside Nehemiah 11:25–11:36; read it with the unit's movement. Many site identifications and boundaries are disputed, and the list does not map directly onto a modern jurisdiction. Specifically, this verse continues with Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim.
Read Nehemiah 11:25–36 together
Why these verses belong together: The long sequence of Judahite and Benjaminite settlements and fields forms the book's regional settlement map after Jerusalem's resident lists.
Verse 25. 25 And 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,
Verse 26. 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
Verse 27. 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
Verse 28. 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
Verse 29. 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Verse 30. 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Verse 31. 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,
Verse 32. 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Verse 33. 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Verse 34. 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Verse 35. 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
Verse 36. 36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Nehemiah 11:25–11:36, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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