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babel (Ezr 2:35; Ne 7:38). The numbers vary as given by Ezr (3,630) and Ne (3,930), while 1 Esdras 5:23 puts them at 3,330.
Where is Senaah in the Bible?
Senaah was a town in ancient Judah whose inhabitants are recorded in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah as among those who returned from the Babylonian exile. The town appears in Ezra 2:35 and Nehemiah 7:38, where over 3,000 people from Senaah are listed among the exiles who journeyed back to Judah after their captivity in Babylon. While the exact location of Senaah is uncertain, some scholars suggest it may correspond to Magdalsenna, a village located approximately seven miles north of Jericho. The people of Senaah represent an important part of the post-exilic community that helped restore the Jewish nation following the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
In Scripture2 biblical books; 2 with study content
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
Senaah
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)babel (Ezr 2:35; Ne 7:38). The numbers vary as given by Ezr (3,630) and Ne (3,930), while 1 Esdras 5:23 puts them at 3,330. In the last place the name is Sanaas, the King James Version "Annaas" (Codex Vaticanus Sama; Codex Alexandrinus Sanaas). In Ne 3:3 the name occurs with the definite article, ha-senaah. The people may be identical with the Benjamite clan Hassenuah (1Ch 9:7). Eusebius, in Onomasticon, speaks of Magdalsenna a village about 7 miles North of Jericho, which may be the place intended; but the site is not known.
W. Ewing
sen'-at, sen'-a-ter: In Ps 105:22, "teach his senators (the Revised Version (British and American) "elders") wisdom." The Hebrew is zaqen, "elder" Septuagint presbuteroi).