Nehemiah 12:34

34 Yehudah, and Binyamin, and Shemayah, and Yirmeyahu,

Nehemiah 12:34 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:34

Judah and Benjamin
Not the tribes, but the names of the two princes, as Jarchi:

and Shemaiah and Jeremiah;
who were two others.

Nehemiah 12:34 In-Context

32 and after them went Hosha`yah, and half of the princes of Yehudah,

33 and `Azaryah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Yehudah, and Binyamin, and Shemayah, and Yirmeyahu,

35 and certain of the Kohanim' sons with trumpets: Zekharyah the son of Yonatan, the son of Shemayah, the son of Mattanyah, the son of Mikhayahu, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaf;

36 and his brothers, Shemayah, and `Azar'el, Milalai, Gilalai, Ma`ai, Netan'el, and Yehudah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the Sofer was before them.