Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 12:22
Darius — Darius Noehus; and so this Jaddua might be father to him who was in the days of Darius Codomanus, and of Alexander the Great.
Darius — Darius Noehus; and so this Jaddua might be father to him who was in the days of Darius Codomanus, and of Alexander the Great.
Verse 22. _JADDUA_] This was probably the high priest who went in his pontifical robes, accompanied by his brethren, to meet Alexander the Great, when he was advancing towards Jerusalem, with the pur...
These verses interrupt the account of the church officers in the time of Joiakim, resumed in Nehemiah 12:24. They appear to be an addition to the original text, made about the time of Alexander the Gr...
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....
DARIUS. Darius Hystaspis. See App-57 and App-58....
were _recorded chief of the fathers_ R.V. WERE RECORDED HEADS OF FATHERS" HOUSES. The language is obscure on account of the abruptness with which the statement is introduced. The meaning seems to be t...
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...
ALSO THE PRIESTS, TO THE REIGN OF DARIUS THE PERSIAN— This verse, wherein mention is made of Darius Codomanus, and the high-priest Jaddua, affords us a proof, says Mr. Le Clerc, that Nehemiah did not...
4. Levites are listed from the time of Joiakim. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:22-26 22 As for the Levites, the heads of fathers-' households were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Ja...
_OF EZRA, MESHULLAM; OF AMARIAH, JEHOHANAN;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
12:22 Johanan, (d-16) Jonathan, ver. 11. until (e-22) Or 'under.' Persian. (f-28) Darius III. Codomanus; according to those who translate 'under the reign,' it would be Darius II, Nothus....
JOHANAN] probably the same as the 'Jonathan' of Nehemiah 12:11. DARIUS] Since Jaddua was contemporary with Alexander the Great, the Darius here meant is probably Darius Codomannus. who was successivel...
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....
The people kept records for many years of the families of the priests and the *Levites. (Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua were the chief priests during these years.) These records were very import...
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...
THE LEVITES. — Here is an evident interpolation. The writer says that the records of the heads of courses was continued down to Jaddua and Darius Codomannus....
(12-26) List of representatives of Zerubbabel’s priests in the days of Joiakim; to which is added an account of the Levites in his day. Between these there is an interpolation (Nehemiah 12:22)....
הַ לְוִיִּם֩ בִּ ימֵ֨י אֶלְיָשִׁ֜יב יֹויָדָ֤ע...
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...
_Persian. Surnamed Codomannus, (Haydock) Condomanus, (Grotius; Calmet) or Natus, under whom Jaddus was born, though he was pontiff under the former. (Usher, the year of the world 3553.)_...
It should seem that the service of the gates, appointed by David, the people of the captivity were anxious to revive. But how it was performed, or what particular service made use of, is not known....
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...
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. Ver. 22. _To the reign of Darius the...
_Also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persians_ “This verse,” observes Dr. Dodd, after Le Clerc, “wherein mention is made of Darius Codomanus, and the high-priest Jaddua, affords us proof that...
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...
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan (called Jonathan above), AND JADDUA WERE RECORDED CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, they were entered into the registers under the names of their chiefs un...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO CAME UP WITH ZERUBBABEL...
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....
_ Either Darius Codomanus_, and then what was said concerning Jaddua, NEHEMIAH 12:11, must be in part repeated and applied here: or _Darius Nothus_; and so this Jaddua might be father to him who was i...
Nehemiah 12:22 reign H4438 Darius H1867 Persian H6542 record H3789 (H8803) Levites H3881 priests H3548 heads H7218
THE LEVITES WHO WERE HEADS OF FATHERS' HOUSES IN THE DAYS OF JOIAKIM THE SON OF JESHUA AND OF NEHEMIAH THE GOVERNOR AND OF EZRA THE PRIEST (NEHEMIAH 12:22). It is now pointed out by the writer that th...
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...
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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:22 As with the priests, a record of Levites was kept by families. ⇐ ⇔
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...
Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:11; Nehemiah 12:12; Nehemiah 12:13...