Judith 11:15

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Et de Levitis, Semeia filius Hasub, filius Azaricam, filius Hasabia, filius Boni,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et de Levitis, Semeia filius Hasub, filius Azaricam, filius Hasabia, filius Boni,

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Et de Levitis: Semeia filius Hassub filius Ezricam filius Hasabia filius Bunni;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shemaiah: 1 Chronicles 9:14, 1 Chronicles 9:19

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 10:11 - Hashabiah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also of the Levites,.... Who dwelt in Jerusalem:

Shemaiah the son of Hashub: traced from him through Azrikam and Hashabiah to Bunni; these were of the sons of Merari, the third son of Levi, see 1 Chronicles 9:14.

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.”