Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Nehemiah 12:28

Jerusalem

26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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.

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 Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
KJV
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
WEB
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
ASV
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
DARBY
And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
BLB
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the circuit around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathite,
ÅB
Og sangernes barn kom sammen både fra landet rundt om Jerusalem og fra netofatittenes landsbyer
OTB
Sangerens sønner samlet seg fra området rundt Jerusalem, og fra landsbyene til Netofatittene,
B1930
Og sangernes barn kom sammen både fra landet rundt om Jerusalem og fra netofatittenes landsbyer

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 9:16

    And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

    Read in context

  • 1 Chronicles 2:54

    The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

    Read in context

  • Nehemiah 6:2

    That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

    Read in context