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 that the Levitical service continued during a very difficult time in Israel’s history. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var im... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:12 JOIAKIM was high priest after Jeshua (see v. Nehemiah 12:10), so this list gives the priests in his day, including EZRA 1:1 (v. Nehemiah 12:13). HEADS OF FATHERS’ HOUSES (v. Nehemiah 12:12). The list proceeds by family names: thus, Meraiah was priest in the (priestly)... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:22 As with the priests, a record of Levites was kept by families. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:23 BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. This is not the biblical book of that name, but simply a record of names, perhaps kept by the priests. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:24 This is a similar record (see v. Nehemiah 12:23) for the time of Joiakim and later (see v. Nehemiah 12:10). DAVID THE MAN OF GOD. See v. Nehemiah 12:36; 1 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 8:14 in connection with David’s organizing priests and Levites for t [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH 12:27 Dedication of the Walls. This section describes the Levites’ role at the dedication of the completed city wall. Two great choirs precede the leaders in two companies on the wall, north and south. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:28 Levitical SINGERS had settled in VILLAGES AROUND JERUSALEM near their work. The NETOPHATHITES were from Netophah, near Bethlehem. BETH-GILGAL is presumably Gilgal, near Jericho (see Joshua 4:19). GEBA and AZMAVETH were north of Jerusalem. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:30 They had PURIFIED THEMSELVES, as in readiness for worship (see Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14; Numbers 8:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:31 TWO GREAT CHOIRS symbolically enclose the whole city for the dedication. Ezra goes with the southern group, Nehemiah with the northern. DUNG GATE (v. Nehemiah 12:31). See note on 2:13–15. FOUNTAIN GATE... WATER GATE (Nehemiah 12:37). See note on 3:26. For details of t... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:44 Nehemiah Deals with Problems in the Community. This section records problems that arose in relation to storing contributions for the temple and its personnel. It also describes Nehemiah’s ongoing problems with his people and his opponents. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document... [ Continue Reading ]