Bible Strands
Nehemiah 11:32
in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator lists the towns where the repatriated descendants of Benjamin established their homes following the return from exile. This entry functions as a geographic marker within a broader census of Judah and Benjamin settlements.
The words — עֲנָת֥וֹת (a.na.Tot) = Anathoth; נֹ֖ב (no) = Nob. These are proper nouns identifying specific settlements in the tribal allotment of Benjamin.
The thread — The text references Anathoth and Nob, which appear in Joshua 21:18 as cities allotted to the priests, and in 1 Samuel 21:1 as the location where David sought provisions from Ahimelech. Isaiah 10:30 also names Anathoth within a prophetic declaration of judgment.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track how post-exilic communities actively reclaimed ancestral geography rather than abandoning it. It asks the reader to recognize that physical restoration preceded spiritual renewal in the returned community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Cross-references
- Joshua 21:18 Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Samuel 21:1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
- Isaiah 10:30 Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
- 1 Samuel 22:19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- Nehemiah 7:27 the men of Anathoth, 128;
- Isaiah 10:32 Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 1:1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.