Nehemiah 12:28 - Exposition

The sons of the singers . i.e. the Levites who belonged to the class of singers ( 1 Chronicles 15:16-22 ; Nehemiah 7:44 , etc.). The plain country round about Jerusalem . Dean Stanley understands by this "the Jordan valley"; but that is a district too remote to be intended by the words "round about Jerusalem." The valleys of Hinnom and Jehoshaphat better suit the description. The villages of Netophathi . Rather, "of the Netophathites" (see 1 Chronicles 9:16 ), or people of Netophah, which was a country town not far from Bethlehem.