For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, 2 Chronicles 29:30, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God, and the purpose of Nehemiah was to restore the entire Temple service to its original beauty and completeness.
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_ 2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10) 3. The heads of the priestl...
PROVISION FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. Probably an insertion by the Chronicler. Nehemiah 12:44. on that day: better, with AV, at that time, which is, in accordance with the Heb., more indefinite (_cf....
_in the days of David and Asaph of old_ This combination of names may be illustrated by other examples in the writings of the Chronicler (2 Chronicles 29:30; 2 Chronicles 35:15). The LXX. omits the c...
7. Concern is expressed over the support of the Levites. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:44-47 44 On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the...
_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....
THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....
IN THE DAYS, etc.] LXX has 'in the days of David Asaph was of old chief.'...
Only the *descendants of Aaron could serve as priests. So the phrase ‘the *descendants of Aaron’ means the priests. Although the people were having a happy time they had to think about the future of...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from *exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...
(44-47) Economical arrangements....
OF OLD. — Always there is a reverence shown for the old precedents....
כִּֽי ־בִ ימֵ֥י דָוִ֛יד וְ אָסָ֖ף מִ
BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...
NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1 In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a res...
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some c...
_Sanctified. That is, they gave them that which by the law was set aside, and sanctified for their use. (Challoner) --- The Levites paid a tithe to the priests, (chap. x. 38., and Numbers xviii. 26.;...
I pass over every inferior consideration in those verses, to call the Reader's attention to what appears to me infinitely surpassing every other: I mean, that the holy songs of Nehemiah were evidently...
It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits. a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had blessed th...
_For in the days of David_, &c. This verse gives the reason why the Levites and the singers performed their duty so accurately; because, from the time of David, who constituted their orders and office...
1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls. 44 The offices of P...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...
44-47 When the solemnities of a thanksgiving day leave such impressions on ministers and people, that both are more careful and cheerful in doing their duty, they are indeed acceptable to the Lord, an...
DAVID, AND ASAPH, and Heman, and Jeduthun, 1 CHRONICLES 25:1; but Asaph only is mentioned here, as the most eminent and useful in that work. THERE WERE CHIEF OF THE SINGERS; there were some overseers,...
Nehemiah 12:46 days H3117 David H1732 Asaph H623 old H6924 chiefs H7218 singers H7891 (H8789) songs H7892 praise
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY, AND THE CHAMBERS TO CONTAIN THE HEAVE-OFFERINGS, FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES THAT WERE OFFERED TO YHWH, THEIR RESTORATION, AND THE EXCLUSION OF ALL WHO RELIGIOUSLY...
MEN APPOINTED OVER THE STORAGE CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE GATHERING OF THE OFFERINGS AND TITHES FOR THE SUSTENANCE OF THE GOD-ORDAINED PRIESTS AND LEVITES (NEHEMIAH 12:44...
CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Dedication of the walls. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...
Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in N...
_And both the singers._ THANKS-GIVING AND THANKS-LIVING We have here the effects of the joy that was at the dedication of the wall. I. The ministers were more careful than they had been of their wor...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah 12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...
PART IV. DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...
In chapter 12: Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1) And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...
1 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 29:30; Psalms 73:1; Psalms 83:1...