28The singers also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem-from the villages of the Netophathites,


In Context

25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

26 They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.

27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres.

28 The singers also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem-from the villages of the Netophathites,

29 from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.

Nehemiah 12:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain of Jordan round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singers assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:28and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;