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Nehemiah 12:24

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24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and 1Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, 2to praise and to give thanks, 3according to the commandment of David 4the man of God, 5watch by watch.
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Nehemiah 12:24 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:24

And the chief of the Levites
Here the thread of the history of Nehemiah, interrupted by the insertion of the two preceding verses, is carried from the priests to the Levites in the times of the third high priest:

Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel;
these were singers, since it follows:

with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks,
according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward
over against ward;
which office of theirs they performed by turns in courses, as David under a divine direction ordered, see ( 1 Chronicles 23:5 1 Chronicles 23:6 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 12:24 In-Context

22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites were recorded as heads of fathers' houses; so too were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 As for the sons of Levi, their heads of fathers' houses were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.
26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra, the priest and scribe.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Nehemiah 10:9; Ezra 2:40
  • 2. Nehemiah 11:17; [2 Chronicles 5:13]
  • 3. See 1 Chronicles 25
  • 4. ver. 36
  • 5. [ver. 9; Ezra 3:11]
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