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Nehemiah 11 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Nehemiah 11 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 9 sit, dwell
7
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy H3881 7 Levite
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 8 Jehudah
מֵאָה mêʼâh H3967 7 hundred
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 7 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
עִיר ʻîyr H5892 7 city, waking

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah's next care is to bring people into it; of that we have here an account. I. The methods taken to replenish it, ver. 1, 2. II. The principal persons that resided there, of Judah and Benjamin (ver. 3-9), of the priests and Levites, ver. 10-19. III. The several cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin that were peopled by the rest of their families, ver. 20-36. The Re-peopling of Jerusalem. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Nehemiah 11:1–36 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Neh 11:1
  • Ophel — Neh 11:21
  • Dibon 2 — Neh 11:25
  • Hebron — Neh 11:25

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