Nechemyah 12:1-9

1 2 Now these are the Kohanim and the Levi’im that went up with Zerubavel ben Sh’altiel, and Yeshua; Serayah, Yirmeyah, Ezra,

2 Amaryah, Maluch, Chattush,

3 Shechanyah, Rechum, Meremot,

4 Iddo, Gintoi, Achiyah,

5 Miyamin, Ma’adiyah, Bilgah,

6 Shemayah, and Yoyariv, Yedayah,

7 Sallu, Amok, Chilkiyah, Yedayah. These were the chief of the Kohanim and of their brethren in the days of Yeshua.

8 Moreover the Levi’im; Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherevyah, Yehudah, and Matanyah, which was over the huyedot, he and his brethren.

9 Also Bakbukyah and Unni, their brethren, were opposite them in the mishmarot (services).

Nechemyah 12:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 12

This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1-26, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27-43, and of the appointment of some persons over the treasuries for the priests, Levites, singers, and porters, Ne 12:44-47.