31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
31 The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Mikmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements,
31 The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
31 The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: Micmash Aijah Bethel and its suburbs
31 Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
31 Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 11:31
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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.