9 Joel son of Zikri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the New Quarter of the city.
9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
9 Joel son of Zicri was their chief and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.
9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
9 Their chief officer was Joel son of Zicri, who was assisted by Judah son of Hassenuah, second-in-command over the city.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 11:9
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The distribution of the people.
In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not the things of Christ. Few have had such attachment to holy things and holy places, as to renounce pleasure for their sake. Yet surely, our souls should delight to dwell where holy persons and opportunities of spiritual improvement most abound. If we have not this love to the city of our God, and to every thing that assists our communion with the Saviour, how shall we be willing to depart hence; to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord? To the carnal-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God.