Nehemiah 11:25
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
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Barnes' Notes
Kirjath-arba - i. e., Hebron. In the absence of the Hebrews during the captivity, the place had recovered its old name Jos 15:13.
Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, Ch1 9:2, etc.), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And for the villages, with their fields The preposition -for" = -with respect to." The verse takes up the thread which had been interrupted by the parenthesis (21 24).
at Kirjath-arba, andin the…