Nehemiah 12:23

23 The descendants of Levi and the heads of the {families} were recorded in the scroll of the Annals until the days of Jehohanan son of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 12:23 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:23

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in
the book of the chronicles
Some think this refers to ( 1 Chronicles 9:14 )

until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib;
from whence Dr. Lightfoot ^F16 concludes, that the Chronicles were written by Ezra in the times of this Johanan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Works, vol. 1. p. 146.

Nehemiah 12:23 In-Context

21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; [and] of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

22 In the days of Eliashib, Jehoiada, Jehohanan, and Jaddua the Levites were recorded as heads of the {families}. So [these were] the priests [during] the reign of Darius the Persian.

23 The descendants of Levi and the heads of the {families} were recorded in the scroll of the Annals until the days of Jehohanan son of Eliashib.

24 And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks by the command of David the man of God, section alongside section.

25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms of the gates.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "sons"
• [b]. Literally "fathers"