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. Jeshua was the name of the chief priest at the time of Zerubbabel. V10 Jeshua was the father of J... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua. Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, V2 Amariah, Malluch, Ha... [ Continue Reading ]
Nehemiah then recorded the family of the chief priest. It was important for *Jews to know about their *ancestors. But it was especially important for the priests to know about their *ancestors. They could only do their special work if they were genuine *descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Nehemiah recorded the names of the most important priests at his own time. These men were the heads of the families of the priests when he was the ruler of *Judah. Joiakim was the chief priest. Most of the family names are the same as those of Zerubbabel’s time when Jeshua was the chief priest... [ Continue Reading ]
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 important. Only the *descendants of Levi, the son of Jacob, could serve as *Levites. Only the *descendants... [ Continue Reading ]
The people were happy because they had built the walls of Jerusalem again. They knew that God had helped them. And they wanted to thank God for his help. The job of the *Levites was to lead the people when they praised God. So the people gathered the *Levites and the singers from all the other towns... [ Continue Reading ]
The other group also thanked God as they marched the other way round the walls. Nehemiah was with this group. V40 So the two groups who thanked God stood in the house of God. I was there too with half of the officials. V41 The priests were with us with their *trumpets. They were Eliakim, Maaseiah,... [ Continue Reading ]
The two groups met again at the *temple, which was the house of God. There they praised and they thanked God. The priests led with their *trumpets. But all the people praised and thanked God. They were all happy because God had helped them to build the walls. They made such a noise that people far a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 nation. They had promised to give one tenth (1/10th) of their crops for the priests and the *Lev... [ Continue Reading ]