Neh 11 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Neh 11:1-36: 11:1-36 The narrative returns to the issue of repopulating the secure city of Jerusalem (see 7:1-5 ). The list of names roughly parallels the list in 1 Chr 9:2-17 . Summary for Neh 11:1-2: 11:1-2 Sacred lots were probably the Urim and Thummim (10:34 ; Josh 7:14 , 16-18 ; 14:2 ).

Summary for Neh 11:1-36: 11:1-36 ^a The narrative returns to the issue of repopulating the secure city of Jerusalem (see 7:1-5 ^b). The list of names roughly parallels the list in 1 Chr 9:2-17 ^c.
Summary for Neh 11:1-2: 11:1-2 ^d Sacred lots were probably the Urim and Thummim (10:34 ^e; Josh 7:14 ^f, 16-18 ^g; 14:2 ^h).
11:4 ⁱ Perez was one of Judah’s sons (Gen 38:29 ^j).
11:16 ^k The work outside the Temple probably included collecting tithes from people and caring for the tithes in storehouses (10:37-39 ^l; see also 1 Chr 26:29 ^m).
11:17 ⁿ a descendant of Asaph: David had chosen Asaph and his sons to provide music for the Temple worship (1 Chr 25:1-8 ^o). Asaph’s descendants took up this role again when the new Temple was built.
11:21 ^p The hill of Ophel was high ground just south of the Temple (3:26 ^q). It provided an ideal location to house those who worked in the Temple.
11:24 ^r The royal adviser informed the king of events in Jerusalem and notified Jewish officials of the king’s public administration of Persian policies.
11:30 ^s all the way from Beersheba ... to the valley of Hinnom: Earlier descriptions of places where people settled concentrated on areas north of Jerusalem (ch 3 ^t; 11:31-36 ^u); this list (11:25-30 ^v) reflects progressive expansion of places where Jewish people lived as they occupied many of their preexilic towns, both north and south of Jerusalem.