Nehemiah 11:25

“And for the villages, with their fields, etc.] The cities and villages in the country, an account of the inhabitants of them next follows: some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof; the same with Hebron, (<061554>Joshua 15:54) and at Dibon; the same with Dimonah, (<061522>Joshua 15:22) and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof; the same with Kabzeel, one of the uttermost cities of the tribe of Judah southward, (<061521>Joshua 15:21), of which city was Benaiah, one of David’s worthies, (<102320>2 Samuel 23:20), from hence to the end of (<161130>Nehemiah 11:30) mention is made of various cities and towns, in the tribe of Judah, inhabited by the men of…”

“some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba--The whole region in which the villages here mentioned were situated had been completely devastated by the Chaldean invasion; and, therefore, it must be assumed, that these villages had been rebuilt before "the children dwelt in them."”

“Kirjath-arba - i. e., Hebron. In the absence of the Hebrews during the captivity, the place had recovered its old name Joshua 15:13. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Kirjatharba: Jos 14:15 Dibon: Jos 15:22, Dimonah Jekabzeel: Jos 15:21, Kabzeel Nehemiah 11:26”

“The inhabitants of the towns of Judah and Benjamin. - The heads who, with their houses, inhabited country districts are here no longer enumerated, but only the towns, with their adjacent neighbourhoods, which were inhabited by Jews and Benjamites; and even these are but summarily mentioned. Neh 11:25-30 The districts inhabited by the children of Judah. "And with respect to the towns in their fields, there dwelt of the sons of Judah in Kirjath-arba and its daughters," etc. The use of אל as an introductory or emphatic particle is peculiar to this passage, ל ,egassap being elsewhere customary in this sense; comp. Ew. 310, a. אל denotes a respect to something. חצרים, properly enclosures,…”