Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 12:1-47

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, Hattush,

v3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

v4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

v5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

v6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

v7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah.

These men were the leaders of the priests and their companions at the time of Jeshua.

v8 The *Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, *Judah and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his companions were responsible for the songs to thank God.

v9 Bakbukiah and Unni and their companions stood opposite them when Mattaniah and his companions led the songs.

Continues after advertising

See also Nehemiah 12:1-47 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XII _Account of the priests and Levites that come up with_ _Zerubbabel_, 1-7. _Of the Levites_, 8-21. _The Levites in the days of Eliashib_, 22-26. _Of the dedication of the wall, and its...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE PRIESTS - The number of the names here given, which is 22, is probably to be connected with that of the Davidic “courses,” which was 24 1 Chronicles 24:7. Eight names are identical with those of t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THESE. Nehemiah had given the heads of families (Nehemiah 7:6) and the numbers of the four classes of priests (Nehemiah 7:39). Compare Ezra 2:36. Here he inserts twenty-two names, the heads of priests...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Now these … Jeshua_ Cf. Ezra 2:1. For the list beginning with Seraiah, see the parallel list of names in Nehemiah 10:3-9 and Nehemiah 12:12-21. The Ezra mentioned in this verse and...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THESE ARE THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES THAT WENT UP WITH ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, AND JESHUA: SERAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZRA,_ These are the priests - according to 5:7, "the chief of the priests...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XII. (1-9) The priests and Levites of the First Return. (1) SERAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZRA. — The first is the family name, represented by Jeshua. Of the two others we know nothing more than this record giv...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ הַ לְוִיִּ֔ם

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that (a) went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, (a) From Babylon to Jerusalem....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Priests. But not all, as some are omitted. See ver. 7, 22, &c. --- Josue, or Jesus, the high priest. --- Esdras, the famous scribe, who is supposed to have returned to Babylon, and to have been living...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS Though this Chapter contains little more than a record of the names of those who first returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, yet it forms a most important Chapter, because it hath in...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It should seem that the office of superintending the subjects of thanksgiving, was of no small importance in the priests' employment, by the testimony here given....

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Ver. 1. _Now these are the priests and the Levites_] Ancestors to t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now these are the priests_ The chief of the priests; the heads of those twenty-four courses which David appointed by divine direction, 1 Chronicles 24. And whereas there were twenty-four, and here bu...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO CAME UP WITH ZERUBBABEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, in the preceding century, the names being taken from ancient records: SERAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZRA...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 12 The priests, NEHEMIAH 12:1, and Levites which came up with Zerubbabel, NEHEMIAH 12:8,9. The succession of high priests, NEHEMIAH 12:10. Certain chief Levites,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 12:1 priests H3548 Levites H3881 up H5927 (H8804) Zerubbabel H2216 son H1121 Shealtiel H7597 Jeshua H3442

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ZERUBBABEL Called Zorobabel, (Matthew 1:12); (Matthew 1:13)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 3:17; Ezra 2:1; Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Priests — The chief of the priests, the heads of those twenty four courses which David appointed by divine direction, 1 Chronicles 24:1. And whereas there were twenty four, and here but twenty — two,...

Continues after advertising