Nehemiah 11:36

Of the Levites were divisions - i. e., “the Levites were scattered among various towns both in Judah and Benjamin.”

And of the Levites were divisions - The Levites had their dwellings in the divisions of Judah and Benjamin. This is probably the meaning: the Syriac says, They had the half of Judah and Benjamin;…

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,…

were divisions in Judahand in Benjamin R.V. certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin. The A.V., which gives quite a wrong view of the passage, perhaps followed the Vulg., -de Levitis portiones…