Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“and from the plain the singers came from [the plain] surrounding Jerusalem.”
The interpretation timeline
Neh 12:28
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
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Neh 12:28 · Douay-Rheims
“And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati,”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill
Reformed
1697–1771
“Also from the house of Gilgal,.... Which likewise was in a champaign country in the plains of Jericho, Deu 11:30, and out of the fields of Geba; which was a Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 21:17 and Azmaveth; the same with Bethazmaveth, Neh 7:28 where it follows Anathoth and Netophah, as it does in Ezr 2:24, and was very probably in the tribe of Benjamin: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem; that they might be near it, to do their duty when required; by which it appears that the said places were near Jerusalem.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.