Nehemiah 12:34

34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;

Nehemiah 12:34 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:34

Judah and Benjamin
Not the tribes, but the names of the two princes, as Jarchi:

and Shemaiah and Jeremiah;
who were two others.

Nehemiah 12:34 In-Context

32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the princes of Judah,

33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;

35 and certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets: namely, Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

36 and his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God, and Ezra, the scribe, before them.