Nehemiah 12:9

_ALSO BAKBUKIAH AND UNNI, THEIR BRETHREN, WERE OVER AGAINST THEM IN THE WATCHES._ THEIR BRETHREN, WERE OVER AGAINST THEM IN THE WATCHES - i:e., according to some, their stations-the place where they stood when officiating - "ward over against ward" (Nehemiah 12:24); or, according to others, in alternate watches, in course of rotation....

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....

EXPOSITION LIST OF THE LEVITICAL AND PRIESTLY FAMILIES WHICH RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL (Nehemiah 12:1). This list receives elucidation and, to some extent, correction from two others:— 1. That of the priestly families whose seals were set to the covenant (Nehemiah 10:2); and, 2. That of the heads of the priestly courses under the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12). The number of the names in each of the three lists i

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 priestly houses in the time of Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12) 4. Heads of Levitical houses (Nehemiah 12:22) 5. The dedication of the walls (Nehemiah 12:27) 6. Provisions for the priests and Levites, and other temple officials ...

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._ Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39. Nehemiah 12:10 f. A fragment from a genealogical list. Nehemiah 12:12. Further lists of priests and Levites....

OVER AGAINST. corresponding to those in Nehemiah 12:8. IN THE WATCHES: i.e. the courses, or waitings....

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 been dropped at Nehemiah 7:4. Nehemiah had been rendered anxious by the fewness of the inhabitants in proportion to the size of the area of the city. The census which he undertook reminded him of the old register which had come to his notice (Nehemiah 7:6-73); the memoirs of Nehemiah were then interrupted by a description of the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Solemn Covenant (8 10). The Compiler retu

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 of the religious leaders who contributed equally to the survival and well-being of the state. The text itself will indicate the varying periods in which this data was assembled. The fact that in many cases the names are of families and not individuals does not lesson the honor; the oriental would find it even more gratifying to bring honor to the family name than to his own. B. The genealogies of priests and Levites are given, and the wall is dedicated. 1. A list is given of the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:1-9 1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of

12:9 watches. (a-12) Or 'in [their] charges.'...

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....