Nehemiah 12:26

26 in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest scribe.

Nehemiah 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son
of Jozadak
Who was high priest in Babylon, and whose grandson was now high priest in the time referred to:

and in the days of Nehemiah the governor;
the writer of this book:

and of Ezra the priest, the scribe;
who was contemporary with him.

Nehemiah 12:26 In-Context

24 And the heads of the Levites Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

25 When I gathered the porters,

26 in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest scribe.

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and psalteries and harps.

28 And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighbourhood round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages,