Nehemiah 12:34

34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah also went.

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 Behind them went Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah.

33 Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah also went.

35 Some priests with trumpets also went, along with Zechariah son of Jonathan. (Jonathan was the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur. Zaccur was the son of Asaph.)

36 Zechariah's relatives also went. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. These men played the musical instruments of David, the man of God, and Ezra the teacher walked in front of them.