Nehemiah 10:8

thesewere the priests The names of Seraiah, Jeremiah, Amariah are found in both lists (a) Nehemiah 12:1-7 and (b) Nehemiah 12:12-22. Shebaniah is found in (b) Nehemiah 12:14 but appears as Shechaniah in (a) Nehemiah 12:3. Malluch is found in (a) Nehemiah 12:2, but appears as Malluchi (Melicu) in (b) Nehemiah 12:14: Harim is found in (b) Nehemiah 12:15 but appears probably as Rehum in (a) Nehemiah 12:3: Meremoth is found in (a) Nehemiah 12:3, but appears as Meraioth in (b) Nehemiah 12:15: Ginnetho is found in (b) Nehemiah 12:16, but appears as Ginnethoi in (a) Nehemiah 12:4: Mijamin is found in (a) Nehemiah 12:5 but appears as Miniamin in (b) Nehemiah 12:17. Bilgai is clearly the same as Bilgah (a) Nehemiah 12:5 and (b) Nehemiah 12:18. Hattush in found in (a) Nehemiah 12:2 but has dropped out of (b). Azariah has sometimes been identified with the Ezra of (a) Nehemiah 12:1 and (b) Nehemiah 12:13.

It thus appears that, out of the 21 -priests" or -priestly houses" mentioned here, nine (i.e. Pashur, Malchijah, Obadiah, Daniel, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Maaziah, Shemaiah) do not occur in the two lists of chap. 12.