What does Nehemiah 12:1-9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Amariah, Malluch,a Hattush,
Shechaniah,b Rehum, Meremoth,
Iddo, Ginnetho,c Abijah,
Miamin,d Maadiah, Bilgah,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Sallu,e Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving,f he and his brethren.
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.