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23 For they were under royal orders[a] which determined their activity day by day.[b]

24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king[c] in every matter pertaining to the people.

25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages,[d] in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:23 tn Heb “the commandment of the king was over them.”
  2. Nehemiah 11:23 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
  3. Nehemiah 11:24 tn Heb “to the hand of the king.”
  4. Nehemiah 11:25 tn Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.