Nehemiah 11:1-3

Contemporary English Version

People Who Settled in Jerusalem

11 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^[a] who would live there. ² Then everyone else asked God to bless those who were willing to live in Jerusalem.

^3 (A) 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.