Nehemiah 11:32
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Other Translations of Nehemiah 11:32
New International Version
32 in Anathoth, Nob and Ananiah,
English Standard Version
32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
The Message
32 Anathoth Nob and Ananiah
New King James Version
32 in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
New Living Translation
32 They also lived in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 11:32
Chapter Contents
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.