Nehemiah 11:36
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
Webster's Revision
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
World English Bible
Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
Clarke's Nehemiah 11:36 Bible Commentary
And of the Levites were divisions - The Levites had their dwellings in the divisions of Judah and Benjamin. This is probably the meaning: the Syriac says, They had the half of Judah and Benjamin; which is not likely.
That the people whose hearts were now turned towards the Lord, would make the best provision for the support of God's work, and all those engaged in it, we may naturally suppose; but this could not be very great, as the complete service was not yet established, and the Levites themselves were few in number.
Barnes's Nehemiah 11:36 Bible Commentary
Of the Levites were divisions - i. e., "the Levites were scattered among various towns both in Judah and Benjamin."
Wesley's Nehemiah 11:36 Bible Commentary
11:36 Divisions - Or, for the Levites (those who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions, places appointed for them, and distributed among them. Thus were they settled free and easy, tho' few and poor. And they might have been happy, but for that general lukewarmness, with which they are charged by the prophet Malachi, who prophesied about this time and in whom prophecy ceased for some ages, 'till it revived in the great prophet.