Nehemiah 11:16

16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the principals of the Levites, overseers of the exterior work of the house of God.

Nehemiah 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:16

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites
Along with Shemaiah; these had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God:
who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel, to purchase things with for the use of the temple.

Nehemiah 11:16 In-Context

14 and their brethren, mighty men of valour, one hundred and twenty-eight; and their captain was Zabdiel, the son of Gedolim.

15 And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the principals of the Levites, overseers of the exterior work of the house of God.

17 And Mattaniah, the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer; and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.