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And for the villages, with their fields, [some] of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and [in] the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and [in] the villages thereof,
Nehemiah 11:25 — KJV
The villages. Nehemiah now leaves the city population of Jerusalem to give a list of towns apparently belonging to the province of Judea. This list makes possible a map of Judea of the time of Nehemiah on a somewhat more secure basis than would otherwise be possible, see The Province of Judah in Nehemiah’s Time. However, the list as given here is incomplete, since a number of cities mentioned in Ezra 2:20-34 and Neh. 3 known to be populated by Jews in the postexilic period are not listed.
Kirjath-arba. An older name of Hebron (Judges 1:10), and apparently based on the name of its founder Arba, one of the Anakim (Joshua 14:15; 15:13; 21:11). It is of interest to note that the ancient name was restored after the Captivity.
Dibon. Thought to be a variant spelling of Dimonah, listed among cities of the Negeb in Joshua 15:21-26. If so, it would have been in the neighborhood of Aroer, now Ar’arah, about 12 mi. (7.4 km.) southeast of Beersheba. Dibon itself, however, has not yet been located.
Jekabzeel. This unidentified place seems to have been the same as Kabzeel, in the extreme south of Judah.
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