Bible Strands
Nehemiah 11:31
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nehemiah addresses the returned exiles in Jerusalem, cataloging the resettled families and their assigned towns to restore the city's population and tribal boundaries.
The words — The Hebrew בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן (benei Binyamin) literally means "sons of Benjamin," identifying the tribal group, while וּבְנֹתֶיהָ (uve-noteha) translates to "and its daughters," a standard biblical idiom for surrounding settlements.
The thread — The locations of Bethel and Ai appear in Genesis 12:8 and Joshua 8:9 as part of the central hill country, while Genesis 28:19 records Jacob renaming Luz to Bethel.
Why it lands — The text records the physical repopulation of Benjamin's territory, requiring the reader to recognize how tribal allotments were restored after the exile.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,
Cross-references
- Genesis 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Joshua 8:9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- Joshua 18:13 From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
- Joshua 18:24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 13:11 “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
- Nehemiah 7:30 the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
- Isaiah 10:28 Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 13:23 And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.