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Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah 11:30 — KJV
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Nehemiah 11:30
King James Version (KJV)
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Nehemiah 11:30
Verse 30 of 36
Commentary
Commentary on Nehemiah 11:30
Theological / DevotionalZanoah. Now Khirbet Zanu‘, 2 mi. (3.2 km.) northeast of Jarmuth.
Adullam. Now Tell esh-Sheikh Madhkur, 10 mi. (16 km.) northwest of Hebron.
Lachish. Now Tell ed-Duweir, about 15 mi. (25.6 km.) northwest of Hebron, where excavations of importance took place during the years 1932-38, under the direction of J. L. Starkey (see Vol. I, p. 125).
Azekah. Now Tell ez-Zakariyeh, about 18 mi. southwest of Jerusalem. Like Adullam and Lachish, it was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:9). Azekah and Lachish were the last cities to fall to Nebuchadnezzar’s forces prior to the capture of Jerusalem (Jer. 34:7).
Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. For practical purposes, the southernmost and northernmost regions of the former tribe of Judah are here mentioned, a distance of about 40 mi. (64 km.) as the crow flies. The Valley of Hinnom lay immediately to the south of Jerusalem. Compare the similar expression, “from Dan even to Beer-sheba” (see on Judges 20:1).
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