This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Neh. 12:1–26, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Neh.

Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua Who went up from the captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem with them; the one was the prince, the other the high priest, the same with Joshua the high priest, , the names of the priests are given in…

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (Neh. 10:3, Neh. 10:4) . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, , Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, and so in Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, , and so in .

Moreover the Levites Who lived in the same times: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah; most of these are made mention of in (Neh. 10:9, Neh. 10:10) (Neh. 11:15, Neh.

Also Bakbukiah and Unni Two other Levites; the first is mentioned in , their brethren, were over against them in the watches; the Levites were divided into twenty four wards, and these were placed one against another, .

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. ] This is an account of the high priests in succession in the second temple, the first six of them; and if Jaddua, the last mentioned, is the same with Jaddus, as…

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. ] This is an account of the high priests in succession in the second temple, the first six of them; and if Jaddua, the last mentioned, is the same with Jaddus, as…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the…

The Levites, in the days of Eliashib The third priest of the second temple: Joiada; he was the son of Eliashib, and the fourth high priest: and Johanan; the same with Jonathan, and whom Josephus [[13]] also calls Joannes: and Jaddua; the same as in in the days of each of these were recorded chief…

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles Some think this refers to until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib; from whence Dr. Lightfoot [[14]] concludes, that the Chronicles were written by Ezra in the times of this Johanan. 15: Works, vol. 1. p.

And the chief of the Levites Here the thread of the history of Nehemiah, interrupted by the insertion of the two preceding verses, is carried from the priests to the Levites in the times of the third high priest: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel; these were singers, since it…

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters At the gates of the temple, see , keeping the ward, at the thresholds of the gates; of the temple, where they stood and watched; or “at the collection of the gates”, meaning either where the people were gathered together, or…

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak Who was high priest in Babylon, and whose grandson was now high priest in the time referred to: and in the days of Nehemiah the governor; the writer of this book: and of Ezra the priest, the scribe; who was contemporary with…

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem In which many priests and Levites assisted, and seems to be the reason of the above account of them; the dedication of the wall takes in the whole city, gates, and houses, , and if a new house was to be dedicated, much more a new city, and especially…

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together Such of the Levites that were singers, and their sons that were trained up as such: both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem the plain of Jordan by Jericho, and the plain of Saron and Lydda: and from the villages of Netophathi: see…

Also from the house of Gilgal Which likewise was in a champaign country in the plains of Jericho, (Josh. 5:9, Josh. 5:10) , and out of the fields of Geba; which was a Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin, and Azmaveth; the same with Bethazmaveth, where it follows Anathoth and Netophah, as it…

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see (Num. 8:6, Num. 8:7, Num. 8:21) .

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall Which was so broad as to walk upon it, and there was a procession of the princes on it at its dedication, and here is described the manner of it; the princes of Benjamin must be included here: and appointed two great companies of them that gave…

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah. ] The other half of them, with Hoshaiah at the head of them.

And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam. ] Not Ezra the priest and the scribe, for he has another place assigned him in this procession, , but this seems to be one of the princes.

Judah and Benjamin Not the tribes, but the names of the two princes, as Jarchi: and Shemaiah and Jeremiah; who were two others.

And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets To blow with on this occasion; for these the priests sounded: namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; not the Levite, but a priest of this name.

And his brethren The brethren of Zechariah, the priest’s son, and such are those that follow: Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; which were invented by him, and ordered by him to be used in religious…

And at the fountain gate, which was over against them Of which see and which was to the south of the dung gate: they went up; that is, one of the two companies, that which took to the right on the wall, with which these words are to be connected: by the stairs of the city of David; which went up to…

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them On the left hand, on the northern part of the wall: and I after them; Nehemiah, he brought up the rear of his company, as Ezra led the van of his: and the half of the people upon the wall; the chief of them, for all could not…

And from above the gate of Ephraim The gate which led to the tribe of Ephraim, where that tribe formerly dwelt, see and above the old gate; of which mention is made, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate; of all which see (Neh. 3:1, Neh.

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them: and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with…

And the priests They stood there also, whose names follow: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; to sound on this occasion.

And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer These seem to be all priests that blew the trumpets: and the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer; these were the Levites, that sung the songs of praise vocally, and raised their voices…

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, &c.] Or many sacrifices, as Ben Melech interprets it; and these perhaps of the larger sort of cattle, oxen; and which, at least many of them, being peace offerings, the people feasted on them, so that it was a festival day: for God had made…

And at that time were some appointed over the chamber for the treasuries On the selfsame day the dedication was; while the people were in a good disposition, and a suitable frame for such service, certain persons from among the priests were appointed to be overseers of the chambers fixed upon for…

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of their purification The singers kept their turns in course in the temple, and were not wanting to officiate on all occasions, besides morning and evening services; and the porters they diligently kept the gates of the…

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers Persons appointed over the rest to instruct them, and see that they did their work aright, as besides Asaph, Haman, and Jeduthun, and their sons, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God; such were made by them, some…

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters every day his portion While these two men governed they did their duty, and punctually paid the Levites their dues at the proper season: and they sanctified holy things unto the…