Nehemiah 11:15-18

15 And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;

16 and Shabbethai and ¹Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over ²the outside work of the house of God;

17 and ³Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,^[a] who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

18 All the Levites in ⁴the holy city were 284.

Nehemiah 11:15-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 11

This chapter treats of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who settled there by lot, or of their own accord, their names and numbers, Ne 11:1-9, and of the priests and Levites who dwelt there, Ne 11:10-19, and of the rest of the people, priests, and Levites, that dwelt in the other cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin, Ne 11:20-36.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 8:33
• 2. 1 Chronicles 26:29
• 3. Nehemiah 12:8, 24
• 4. See ver. 1

Footnotes

• [a]. Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew beginning