27And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,
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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-36)Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, 1 Chron. 9:2-34), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities, in which dwelt the residue of Israel , Neh. 11:20. It was requisite that Jerusalem should be replenished, yet not so as to drain the country. The king himself is served of the field , which will do…
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