_NOW THESE ARE THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES THAT WENT UP WITH ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, AND JESHUA: SERAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZRA,_ These are the priests - according to 5:7, "the chief of the priests," the heads of the 24 courses into which the priesthood were divided (1 Chronicles 24:1). Only four... [ Continue Reading ]
_AMARIAH, MALLUCH, HATTUSH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IDDO, GINNETHO, ABIJAH,_ Abijah - one of the ancestors of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
_MIAMIN, MAADIAH, BILGAH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO BAKBUKIAH AND UNNI, THEIR BRETHREN, WERE OVER AGAINST THEM IN THE WATCHES._ THEIR BRETHREN, WERE OVER AGAINST THEM IN THE WATCHES - i:e., according to some, their stations-the place where they stood when officiating - "ward over against ward" (Nehemiah 12:24); or, according to others, in alter... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JESHUA BEGAT JOIAKIM, JOIAKIM ALSO BEGAT ELIASHIB, AND ELIASHIB BEGAT JOIADA,_ Jeshua begat Joiakim ... This enumeration was of great importance, not only as establishing their individual purity of descent, but because the chronology of the Jews was henceforth to be reckoned, not as formerly b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOIADA BEGAT JONATHAN, AND JONATHAN BEGAT JADDUA._ Jaddua. It is an opinion entertained by many commentators that this person was the high priest whose dignified appearance, solemn manner, and splendid costume, overawed and interested so strongly the proud mind of Alexander the Great; and if h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE DAYS OF JOIAKIM WERE PRIESTS, THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS: OF SERAIAH, MERAIAH; OF JEREMIAH, HANANIAH;_ In the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers - i:e., as there had been priests in the days of Jeshua, so in the time of Joiakim, the son and successor of Jeshua, the son... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF EZRA, MESHULLAM; OF AMARIAH, JEHOHANAN;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF LEVI, THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES, EVEN UNTIL THE DAYS OF JOHANAN THE SON OF ELIASHIB._ The sons of Levi ... were written in the book of the Chronicles - i:e, the public registers in which the genealogies were kept with great regularity and exac... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHIEF OF THE LEVITES: HASHABIAH, SHEREBIAH, AND JESHUA THE SON OF KADMIEL, WITH THEIR BRETHREN OVER AGAINST THEM, TO PRAISE AND TO GIVE THANKS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID THE MAN OF GOD, WARD OVER AGAINST WARD._ With their brethren over against them - i:e., in separate choirs, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_MATTANIAH, AND BAKBUKIAH, OBADIAH, MESHULLAM, TALMON, AKKUB, WERE PORTERS KEEPING THE WARD AT THE THRESHOLDS OF THE GATES._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM THEY SOUGHT THE LEVITES OUT OF ALL THEIR PLACES, TO BRING THEM TO JERUSALEM, TO KEEP THE DEDICATION WITH GLADNESS, BOTH WITH THANKSGIVINGS, AND WITH SINGING, WITH CYMBALS, PSALTERIES, AND WITH HARPS._ At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. This c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF THE SINGERS GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, BOTH OUT OF THE PLAIN COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, AND FROM THE VILLAGES OF NETOPHATHI;_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO THAT DAY THEY OFFERED GREAT SACRIFICES, AND REJOICED: FOR GOD HAD MADE THEM REJOICE WITH GREAT JOY: THE WIVES ALSO AND THE CHILDREN REJOICED: SO THAT THE JOY OF JERUSALEM WAS HEARD EVEN AFAR OFF._ The joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. The events of the day, viewed in connection with t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AT THAT TIME WERE SOME APPOINTED OVER THE CHAMBERS FOR THE TREASURES, FOR THE OFFERINGS, FOR THE FIRSTFRUITS, AND FOR THE TITHES, TO GATHER INTO THEM OUT OF THE FIELDS OF THE CITIES THE PORTIONS OF THE LAW FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES: FOR JUDAH REJOICED FOR THE PRIESTS AND FOR THE LEVITES THAT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BOTH THE SINGERS AND THE PORTERS KEPT THE WARD OF THEIR GOD, AND THE WARD OF THE PURIFICATION, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID, AND OF SOLOMON HIS SON._ The singers and the porters kept ... the ward of the purification - i:e., took care that no unclean person was allowed to enter within... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR IN THE DAYS OF DAVID AND ASAPH OF OLD THERE WERE CHIEF OF THE SINGERS, AND SONGS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING UNTO GOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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: AND THEY SANCTIFIED HOLY THINGS UNTO THE LEVITES; AND THE LEVITES SANCTIFIED THEM UNTO THE CHILDREN OF AARON._ All Israel ... sanctified holy things unto... [ Continue Reading ]