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New Living Translation

Nehemiah 11:14

and 128 of his outstanding associates. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Zabdiel;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Zabdiel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Judea;   Zabdiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Haggedolim;   Zabdiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Haggedolim;   Writing;   Zabdiel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Zabdiel ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zab'di-El;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Law in the Old Testament;   Zabdiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.
Hebrew Names Version
and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zavdi'el, the son of Haggedolim.
King James Version
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
English Standard Version
and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
New Century Version
And there were brave men with Amashsai. All together there were 128 men. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was appointed over them.
New English Translation
and his colleagues who were exceptional men—128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
Amplified Bible
and their brothers, brave men, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim [one of the great men].
New American Standard Bible
and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
World English Bible
and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren valiant men, an hundreth and eight and twentie: & their ouerseer was Zabdiel the sonne of Hagedolim.
Legacy Standard Bible
and their relatives, mighty men of valor, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Berean Standard Bible
and his associates-128 mighty warriors. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.
Contemporary English Version
Altogether, there were one hundred twenty-eight brave warriors from their clans, and their leader was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
Complete Jewish Bible
with his kinsmen, courageous men, 128; their overseer was Zavdi'el the son of HaG'dolim.
Darby Translation
and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim.
Easy-to-Read Version
and 128 of Amashsai's brothers. (These men were brave soldiers. The officer over them was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.)
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, one hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men.
Good News Translation
There were 128 members of this clan who were outstanding soldiers. Their leader was Zabdiel, a member of a leading family.
Lexham English Bible
and their brothers; mighty warriors of strength, one hundred and twenty-eight. The chief officer over them was Zabdiel son of Hagedolim.
Literal Translation
and their brothers, mighty men, were a hundred and twenty-eight. And their overseer was Zabdiel, a son of one of the great men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and his brethren were valeaunt men, of whom there were an hundreth and eight and twentye. And their ouerseer was Sabdaiel the sonne of Gedolim.
American Standard Version
and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren valiaunt men, an hundred and twentie and eyght: And their ouersear was Zabdiel a sonne of one of the great men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight; and their ouerseer was Zaddiel, the sonne of one of the great men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and his brethren, mighty men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Badiel son of one of the great men.
English Revised Version
and their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and her britheren, ful myyti men, weren an hundrid and eiyte and twenti; and the souereyn of hem was Zebdiel, the sone of myyty men.
Update Bible Version
and their brothers, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer [was] Zabdiel, the son of [one of] the great men.
New King James Version
and their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men. [fn]
New Life Bible
and their brothers, 128 men with strength of heart. Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim, watched over them.
New Revised Standard
and their associates, valiant warriors, one hundred twenty-eight; their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and their brethren, strong men of ability, a hundred and twenty-eight, - and, he who was in charge of them, was Zabdiel, son of Haggedolim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty.
Revised Standard Version
and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred and twenty-eight; their overseer was Zab'diel the son of Haggedo'lim.
Young's Literal Translation
and their brethren, mighty of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and an inspector over them [is] Zabdiel, son of [one of] the great men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

Contextual Overview

1 The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were. 2 And the people commended everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem. 3 Here is a list of the names of the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. (Most of the people, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants continued to live in their own homes in the various towns of Judah, 4 but some of the people from Judah and Benjamin resettled in Jerusalem.) From the tribe of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the family of Perez. 5 Also Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, of the family of Shelah. 6 There were 468 descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem—all outstanding men. 7 From the tribe of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah. 8 After him were Gabbai and Sallai and a total of 928 relatives. 9 Their chief officer was Joel son of Zicri, who was assisted by Judah son of Hassenuah, second-in-command over the city. 10 From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jakin;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of one of the great men: or, of Haggedolim, Nehemiah 11:14

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:13 - very able men 1 Chronicles 26:6 - mighty men of valour Nehemiah 11:22 - overseer Nehemiah 12:42 - overseer

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight,.... The brethren of Adaiah and Amashai, who were able men to do the work of their office as priests, and men of courage to fight the enemy, and defend the city upon occasion:

and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men; or the son of Hagedolim, or Gedolim, as some, who take it to be the proper name of a man.

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 14. Mighty men of valour — Noted for strength of body, and military courage.


 
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