Nehemiah 12:1-6

Priests and Levites

1 These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2 Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,

3 Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 Iddo, Ginnethon,^[a] Abijah,

5 Mijamin,^[b] Moadiah, Bilgah,

6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Nehemiah 12:1-6 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. Nehemiah 10:1-8
2. Nehemiah 10:9
3. S 1 Chronicles 3:19; Ezra 3:2; Zechariah 4:6-10
4. Ezra 3:2
5. S Ezra 2:2
6. S Ezra 2:2
7. ver 16; Zechariah 1:1
8. S 1 Chronicles 24:10; Luke 1:5
9. S 1 Chronicles 24:7

Footnotes 2

[a]. Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 16); most Hebrew manuscripts "Ginnethoi"
[b]. A variant of "Miniamin"