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Residents Outside Jerusalem

Nehemiah 11:21

In 10 translations

BSB
The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.
KJV
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.Ophel: or, the tower
WEB
But the temple servants lived in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
ASV
But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
LSV
and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa [are] over the Nethinim.
YLT
and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa [are] over the Nethinim.
DBY
And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim.
DRC
And the Nathinites, that dwelt in Ophel, and Siaha, and Gaspha of the Nathinites.
GNV
And the Nethinims dwelt in the fortresse, and Ziha, and Gispa was ouer the Nethinims.
JPS
But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

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WLC
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּעֹ֑פֶל וְצִיחָ֥א וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א עַל־הַנְּתִינִֽים׃

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  • Nehemiah 3:26and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
  • Nehemiah 3:31Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
  • 2 Chronicles 27:3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

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