Nehemiah 11:16

Contemporary English Version

Next, there were Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were in charge of the work outside the temple.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the heads of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

Hebrew Names Version
and Shabbetai and Yozavad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

King James Version
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

English Standard Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

New Century Version
And there were Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the leaders of the Levites who were in charge of the work outside the Temple.

New English Translation
Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

Amplified Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;

New American Standard Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;

World English Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Shabbethai, & Iozabad of the chiefe of the Leuites were ouer the workes of the house of God without.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

Berean Standard Bible
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

Complete Jewish Bible
and Shabtai and Yozavad, from the leaders of the L'vi'im, who were in charge of external affairs for the house of God;

Darby Translation
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, [who were] over the outward work of the house of God;

Easy-to-Read Version
Shabbethai and Jozabad (two of the leaders of the Levites in charge of the outside work of God's Temple),

George Lamsa Translation
And Zozabar was in charge of outside work of the house of the LORD.

Good News Translation
Shabbethai and Jozabad, prominent Levites in charge of the work outside the Temple.

Lexham English Bible
and Shabbethai and Jehozabad, leaders over the work of the Levites outside of the house of God;

Literal Translation
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the rulers of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward work of the house of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Sabthai and Iosabad of the chefe of the Leuites, in the outwarde busynes of ye house of God.

American Standard Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Bible in Basic English
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Sabathai, and Iosabad of the chiefe of the Leuites, had the ouersight of the outwarde businesse of the house of God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

King James Version (1611)
And Shabbethai, and Iozabad, of the chiefe of the Leuits, had the ouersight of the outward businesse of the house of God.

English Revised Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Jozabed was ordened of the princes of dekenes, on alle the werkis that weren with out forth in Goddis hows.

Update Bible Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

New King James Version
Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God;

New Living Translation
Also Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were in charge of the work outside the Temple of God.

New Life Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites. They watched over the outside work of the house of God.

New Revised Standard
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the leaders of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, over the outside business of the house of God, of the chiefs of the Levites;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites,

Revised Standard Version
and Shab'bethai and Jo'zabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

Young's Literal Translation
and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, [are] over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;

Contextual Overview

¹ The nation's leaders and their families settled in Jerusalem. But there was room for only one out of every ten of the remaining families, and so they asked God to show them who would live there. ² Then everyone else asked God to bless those who were willing to live in Jerusalem. ³ Some of the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple workers, and the descendants of Solomon's servants lived on their own property in the towns of Judah. But the leaders of the province lived in Jerusalem with their families. ⁴From the Judah tribe, two leaders settled in Jerusalem with their relatives. One of them was Athaiah son of Uzziah. His ancestors were Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalalel, and Perez, the son of Judah. From the descendants of Perez, four hundred sixty-eight of the best men lived in Jerusalem. The other leader from Judah was Maaseiah the son of Baruch. His ancestors were Colhozeh, Hazaiah, Adaiah, Joiarib, Zechariah, and Shelah, the son of Judah. ⁷From the Benjamin tribe, three leaders settled in Jerusalem. The first was Sallu son of Meshullam, and the others were Gabbai and Sallai. Sallu's ancestors were Joed, Pedaiah, Kolaiah, Maaseiah, Ithiel, and Jeshaiah. Altogether, there were nine hundred twenty-eight men of the Benjamin tribe living in Jerusalem. ⁹ Joel son of Zichri was their leader, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command. ¹⁰ Four priests settled in Jerusalem. The first was Jedaiah; he was the son of Joiarib and the uncle of Jachin. ¹¹ The second priest to settle there was Seraiah son of Hilkiah. His ancestors were Meshullam, Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub, who had been a high priest. ¹² Altogether, there were eight hundred twenty-two from his clan who served in the temple. The third priest to settle there was Adaiah son of Jeroham. His ancestors were Pelaliah, Amzi, Zechariah, Pashhur, and Malchijah. ¹³ Altogether, there were two hundred forty-two clan leaders among his relatives. The fourth priest to settle there was Amashsai son of Azarel. His ancestors were Ahzai, Meshillemoth, and Immer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shabbethai: Nehemiah 8:7

had the oversight of: Heb. were over, 1 Chronicles 26:20

outward: Calmet supposes they provided the victuals for the priests, the victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the sacred vessels, and other necessaries for the service of the temple. Acts 6:2, Acts 6:3

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 26:29 - the outward Ezra 10:15 - Shabbethai Ezra 10:23 - Jozabad Nehemiah 11:22 - were over

Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah and the grandfather of Eber, whose first son was named Peleg, because it was during his time that tribes divided up the earth. Eber's second son was Joktan. Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Their land reached from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country in the east.

Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from Cyprus, bringing people who will invade the lands of Assyria and Eber. But finally, Cyprus itself will be ruined."

1 Chronicles 1:19
Eber named his first son Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided into tribal regions. Eber's second son was Joktan,

Luke 3:35
Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Shelah;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites,.... Along with Shemaiah; these had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God: who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel, to purchase things with for the use of the temple.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles:

	1 Chron	Nehemiah
Tribes of Judah
Of Pharez		468
Of Zerah	690
Tribe of Benjamin	956	928
Tribe of Levi
Priests	1760	1192
Levites		284
Porters	212	172

According to Nehemiah’s numbers, supplemented from Chronicles, the entire adult male population of the city was 3,734, which would give a total population of 14,936. According to Chronicles, supplemented from Nehemiah, the adult males were 4,370, and consequently the entire population, would have been 17,480. As the Nethinims and the Israelites of Ephraim and Manasseh 1 Chronicles 9:3 are not included in either list, we may conclude that the actual number of the inhabitants, after the efforts recorded in Nehemiah 11:1-2, was not much short of 20,000.

Nehemiah 11:16

The outward business of the house of God - Such as the collection of the newly-imposed tax Nehemiah 10:32, the providing of the regular sacrifices, the renewal of vestments, and the like.

Nehemiah 11:17

The principal to begin the thanksgiving - i. e., “the precentor,” or “leader of the choir.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. And Shabbethai — This verse, with verses Nehemiah 11:20, Nehemiah 11:21, Nehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:29, Nehemiah 11:32, Nehemiah 11:33, Nehemiah 11:34, and Nehemiah 11:35, are all wanting in the Septuagint and the whole chapter is wanting in the Arabic, the translator not being concerned in Jewish genealogies.

The outward business — Calmet supposes that he provided the victuals for the priests, victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the sacred vessels, and other necessaries for the service of the temple.