Nehemiah 12:32

32 And Hoshaiah went after them, and the half part of the princes of Judah (and half of the leaders of Judah),

Nehemiah 12:32 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:32

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of
Judah.
] The other half of them, with Hoshaiah at the head of them.

Nehemiah 12:32 In-Context

30 And [the] priests and deacons were cleansed, and then they cleansed the people, and the gates, and the wall. (And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.)

31 And I made the princes of Judah to go up on the wall, and I ordained two great choirs, or companies, of men praising the Lord; and they went to the right side on the wall, to the gate of the dunghill. (And I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall, and I ordained two great choirs, or companies, of men to give praise to the Lord; and the first group went up on the wall to the right side, toward the Dung Gate.)

32 And Hoshaiah went after them, and the half part of the princes of Judah (and half of the leaders of Judah),

33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremy. [Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.]