Nehemiah 12:23

23 The sons of Levi, heads of families, were written in the book of the chronicles, until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 12:23 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:23

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in
the book of the chronicles
Some think this refers to ( 1 Chronicles 9:14 )

until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib;
from whence Dr. Lightfoot ^F16 concludes, that the Chronicles were written by Ezra in the times of this Johanan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Works, vol. 1. p. 146.

Nehemiah 12:23 In-Context

21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, of Joiada and of Johanan and of Jaddua, were recorded as heads of families; also the priests, until the reign of Darius, the Persian.

23 The sons of Levi, heads of families, were written in the book of the chronicles, until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

24 The heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren before them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the statute of David, the man of God, keeping each one their ward.

25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.