Nehemia 12:12

12 En in de dagen van Jojakim waren priesters, hoofden der vaderen: van Seraja was Meraja; van Jeremia, Hananja;

Nehemia 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12-21. And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief
of the fathers
This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the time of his father before mentioned: these were Meraiah, Hananiah, Meshullam, Jehohanan, Jonathan, Joseph, Adna, Helkai, Zechariah, (the prophet of that name,) Meshullam, Zichri, Piltai, Shammua, Jehonathan, Mattenai, Uzzi, Kallai, Eber, Hashabiah, Nethaneel; in all twenty, whereas there are twenty two named, as in his father's days, there being no sons or descendants from two of them, namely, Hattush and Miamin.

Nehemia 12:12 In-Context

10 Jesua nu gewon Jojakim, en Jojakim gewon Eljasib, en Eljasib gewon Jojada,

11 En Jojada gewon Jonathan, en Jonathan gewon Jaddua.

12 En in de dagen van Jojakim waren priesters, hoofden der vaderen: van Seraja was Meraja; van Jeremia, Hananja;

13 Van Ezra, Mesullam; van Amarja, Johanan;

14 Van Melichu, Jonathan; van Sebanja, Jozef;