Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Nehemiah 12:9
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches, either stationed opposite them in the Temple or alternating with them in the office of guarding the Temple entrances.
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches, either stationed opposite them in the Temple or alternating with them in the office of guarding the Temple entrances.
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...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO RETURNED WITH JESHUA AND ZERUBBABEL, AND EXTRACTS FROM OTHER LISTS. The details here given were, in all probability, taken largely from the Temple archives. Nehemiah 12:1. _Cf....
OVER AGAINST. corresponding to those in Nehemiah 12:8. IN THE WATCHES: i.e. the courses, or waitings....
_and Unni_ R.V. AND UNNO. The K'ri reads -and Unni," the C'thib -and Unno." The C'thib reading might, however, be rendered as the verb which occurs in Ezra 3:11, -And they sang one to another" (cf. De...
Nehemiah 11:1 TO NEHEMIAH 12:26. Extracts from Registers and Public Lists 1, 2. Measures taken to increase the number of dwellers in Jerusalem. This passage seems to take up the thread which had bee...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT Having given an honor roll of those who accepted the discomforts of living in Jerusalem in order to assure a strong and healthy state, the book next gives an honor roll...
_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 s...
12:9 watches. (a-12) Or 'in [their] charges.'...
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....
Nehemiah recorded the names of the first priests and *Levites to return from *exile. Zerubbabel led these people back to *Judah about 93 years before the time when Nehemiah and his companions returned...
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...
וּ בַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה _וְ_†_עֻנִּ֧י_† אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם לְ נֶגְדָּ֖ם...
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...
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the (d) watches. (d) They kept the wards and watches according to their turns, (2 Chronicles 23:6)....
_Office. Hebrew, "in the watches," each in his turn, (Vatable) "daily." (Septuagint) (Menochius)_...
What is meant by being appointed over against them in the watches, unless it means making responses in praising God, is not easy to gather....
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...
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches. Ver. 9. _In the watches_] In the order of their functions, taking their turns....
_Moreover the Levites, which were over the thanksgiving_ Appointed to see that the psalms of thanksgiving were continually sung in the temple, in due time and manner. _Also, their brethren were over a...
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...
1-26 It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be....
i.e. In the places where they were appointed to stand, and wait, and perform their office, one standing over against another, as it is explained, NEHEMIAH 12:24, ward over against ward; for the Hebrew...
Nehemiah 12:9 Bakbukiah H1229 Unni H6042 brethren H251 duties H4931 over against - Psalms 134:1-3...
DETAILS CONCERNING THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO RETURNED WITH ZERUBBABEL, AND THOSE WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED (NEHEMIAH 12:1). The importance of the genuinely appointed Priests and Levites to the new...
LIST OF THE LEADING PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO WENT UP WITH ZERUBBABEL FROM EXILE (NEHEMIAH 12:1). The list is divided into two parts, the names of chiefs of the priests, and the names of the (leading) L...
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...
_Were written in the book of the chronicles._ A BOOK I. A book unites the ages. Brings the past into the present; borrows the future to give the present significance. The “sceptred spirits of histor...
NEHEMIAH 12:1 High Priests and Leading Levites since the Time of Zerubbabel. This section records the priests and Levites from the time of Zerubbabel (c. 538–535 B.C.) to Nehemiah. The aim is to show...
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...
EXPOSITION LIST OF THE LEVITICAL AND PRIESTLY FAMILIES WHICH RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL (Nehemiah 12:1). This list receives elucidation and, to some ext
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...
Psalms 134:1...