"But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa {were} over the Nethinims. {Ophel: or, the tower}" — Nehemiah 11:21

Nehemiah 11:21 · KJV

“But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa {were} over the Nethinims. {Ophel: or, the tower}”

— Nehemiah 11:21

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, {and} the Levites, {were} in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

Verse 22

The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem {was} Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers {were} over the business of the house of God.

Nehemiah 11 — Context

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, {were} an hundred seventy and two. {the gates: Heb. at the gates}

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, {and} the Levites, {were} in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa {were} over the Nethinims. {Ophel: or, the tower}

For {it was} the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. {a certain...: or, a sure ordinance}

Cross References

Nehemiah 3:26

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto {the place} over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. {dwelt...: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto} {Ophel: or, tower}

2 Chronicles 27:3

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. {Ophel: or, the tower}

Nehemiah 3:31

After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. {going...: or, corner chamber}