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English Standard Version

Nehemiah 11:9

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joel;   Judah;   Senuah;   Zichri;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Joel;   Judah;   Judea;   Senuah;   Zichri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hassenuah;   Joel;   Judah;   Nehemiah;   Zichri;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adaiah;   College;   Hassenuah;   Joel;   Judah;   Senaah;   Writing;   Zichri;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Joel ;   Judah ;   Senuah ;   Zichri ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'el;   Sen'uah;   Zich'ri;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Governor;   Hassenuah;   Joel (1);   Judah (1);   Senuah;   Zichri;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hassenaah;   Joel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.
Hebrew Names Version
Yo'el the son of Zikhri was their overseer; and Yehudah the son of Senu'ah was second over the city.
King James Version
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
New Century Version
Joel son of Zicri was appointed over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the new area of the city.
New English Translation
Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.
Amplified Bible
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.
New American Standard Bible
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.
World English Bible
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioel the sonne of Zichri was gouernour ouer them: and Iudah, the sonne of Senuah was the second ouer the citie:
Legacy Standard Bible
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.
Berean Standard Bible
Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the city's second district.
Contemporary English Version
Joel son of Zichri was their leader, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'el the son of Zikhri was their overseer, and Y'hudah the son of Hasnu'ah was second in charge of the city.
Darby Translation
and Joel the son of Zicri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joel son of Zicri was in charge of them. And Judah son of Hassenuah was in charge of the Second District of the city of Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joel the son of Zechariah was their overseer; and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
Good News Translation
Joel son of Zichri was their leader, and Judah son of Hassenuah was the second ranking official in the city.
Lexham English Bible
And Joel son of Zicri, their chief officer; and Judah son of Hassenuah, second in command over the city.
Literal Translation
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer. And Judah the son of Hassenaah was second over the city.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ioel the sonne of Sichri had the ouersight of them: and Iuda ye sonne of Hasnua ouer the seconde parte of the cite.
American Standard Version
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
Bible in Basic English
And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioel the sonne of Zichri had the ouersight of them: and Iuda the sonne of Senua was the second ouer the citie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioel the sonne of Zichri was their ouerseer: and Iudah the sonne of Senuah, was second ouer the city.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joel son of Zechri was overseer over them: and Juda son of Asana was second in the city.
English Revised Version
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Johel, the sone of Zechri, was the souereyn of hem, and Judas, the sone of Semyna, was the secounde man on the citee.
Update Bible Version
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joel the son of Zichri [was] their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah [was] second over the city.
New King James Version
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah [fn] was second over the city.
New Living Translation
Their chief officer was Joel son of Zicri, who was assisted by Judah son of Hassenuah, second-in-command over the city.
New Life Bible
Joel the son of Zichri watched over them, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
New Revised Standard
Joel son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Joel son of Zichri, was in charge over them, - and, Judah son of Hassenuah, was over the city, as second.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joel the son of Zechri their ruler, and Judas the son of Senua was second over the city.
Revised Standard Version
Jo'el the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassen'u-ah was second over the city.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joel son of Zichri [is] inspector over them, and Judah son of Senuah [is] over the city -- second.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns. 2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. 3 These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants. 4 And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite. 6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, 8 and his brothers, men of valor, 928. 9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city. 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judah: 1 Chronicles 9:7, Hodaviah, Hasenuah

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:34 - officers 1 Chronicles 23:4 - set forward Nehemiah 11:22 - overseer

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
Genesis 10:25
To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
Genesis 11:14
When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 11:32
The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
1 Corinthians 14:23
If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer,.... Or chief governor of the city:

and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city; or the deputy governor of it; so Pitholaus is called an under governor in Jerusalem by Josephus l

l Antiqu. l. 14. c. 6. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles:




1 Chron Nehemiah
Tribes of Judah

Of Pharez
468
Of Zerah 690
Tribe of Benjamin 956 928
Tribe of Levi

Priests 1760 1192
Levites
284
Porters 212 172



According to Nehemiah’s numbers, supplemented from Chronicles, the entire adult male population of the city was 3,734, which would give a total population of 14,936. According to Chronicles, supplemented from Nehemiah, the adult males were 4,370, and consequently the entire population, would have been 17,480. As the Nethinims and the Israelites of Ephraim and Manasseh 1 Chronicles 9:3 are not included in either list, we may conclude that the actual number of the inhabitants, after the efforts recorded in Nehemiah 11:1-2, was not much short of 20,000.

Nehemiah 11:16

The outward business of the house of God - Such as the collection of the newly-imposed tax Nehemiah 10:32, the providing of the regular sacrifices, the renewal of vestments, and the like.

Nehemiah 11:17

The principal to begin the thanksgiving - i. e., “the precentor,” or “leader of the choir.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 11:9. And Joel - was their overseer — Joel was chief or magistrate over those, and Judah was his second or deputy. Perhaps each had a different office, but that of Joel was the chief.


 
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