Nehemiah 12:29 - Exposition

From the house of Gilgal . Rather, "from Beth-Gilgal," which was the name now borne by the Gilgal due north of Jerusalem. Out of the fields of Geba . See above, Nehemiah 11:31 . And Azmaveth , Compare Ezra 2:24 ; Nehemiah 7:28 . Azmaveth was a Benjamite town, not far from Anathoth. The singers had built themselves villages round Jerusalem . Such of the singers as were not located in Jerusalem itself fixed their dwellings in the immediate neighbourhood, in order the more readily to attend the temple service.