Nehemiah 12:40

40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

Nehemiah 12:40 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:40

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God
Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, ( Nehemiah 12:32 ) .

Nehemiah 12:40 In-Context

38 And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall;

39 And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;

42 And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.