Jeshua the son of Kadmiel - If the reading be sound, this Jeshua must have been the head of the Levitical family of Kadmiel in the time of Joiakim; but (compare Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4), some read “Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel,” etc.
Ward over against ward - i. e., “alternately,” one part of the choir corresponding the other.
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....
THE MAN OF GOD. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true]God. App-4....
_And the chief of the Levites_ Once more a brief list is given of the chief Levite families. _Hashabiah_ This name occurs in Nehemiah 10:12, and Ezra 8:19, but not in Nehemiah 12:8-9. Probably the sam...
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...
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...
_AND THE CHIEF OF THE LEVITES: HASHABIAH, SHEREBIAH, AND JESHUA THE SON OF KADMIEL, WITH THEIR BRETHREN OVER AGAINST THEM, TO PRAISE AND TO GIVE THANKS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID THE MAN O...
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....
JESHUA THE SON OF KADMIEL] to be corrected to 'Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel': see Nehemiah 12:8; Nehemiah 10:9. OVER AGAINST THEM] i.e. in the choir, where the singing was antiphonal....
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...
AND THE CHIEF. — The account resumes with the Levites, and gives a list of the extant officers of the Temple, many names being the same as in earlier times....
(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)....
וְ רָאשֵׁ֣י הַ֠ לְוִיִּם חֲשַׁבְיָ֨ה שֵֽׁרֵבְיָ֜ה...
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...
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man...
_Order. Hebrew, "ward over-against ward." One company kept guard while another retired. (Menochius)_...
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...
_Written in the book of the Chronicles_ That is, in the public annals or registers, in which the genealogies of the several families were recorded by the Jews with great exactness, as all persons agre...
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...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO CAME UP WITH ZERUBBABEL...
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, leaders of the singers among the Levites, TO PRAISE AND TO GIVE THANKS, ACCOR...
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....
Of which SEE POOLE ON "NEHEMIAH 12:9"....
Nehemiah 12:24 heads H7218 Levites H3881 Hashabiah H2811 Sherebiah H8274 Jeshua H3442 son H1121 Kadmiel H6934 brothers...
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...
_According to the Commandment Of David the man of God._ POSTHUMOUS INFLUENCE A man’s influence after he is dead. He is still present with his people. I. By his will. “The commandment of David.” The...
_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 12:24 This is a similar record (see v. Nehemiah 12:23) for the time of Joiakim and later (see v....
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...
1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Kings 17:24; 1 Timothy 6:11;...