Nehemiah 12:13-23

13 (of) Ezra, Meshullam; (of) Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 (of) Melicu, Jonathan; (of) Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 (of) Harim, Adna; (of) Meraioth, Helkai;

16 (of) Iddo, Zechariah; (of) Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 (of) Abiah, Zichri; (of) Miniamin, ( ); and (of) Moadiah, Piltai;

18 (of) Bilgah, Shammua; (of) Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19 (of) Joiarib, Mattenai; (of) Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 (of) Sallai, Kallai; (of) Amok, Eber;

21 (of) Hilkiah, Hashabiah; (of) Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

22 Deacons in the days of Eliashib, and of Joiada, and of Johanan, and of Jaddua, were written princes of families, and priests, in the realm of Darius king of Persia. (The leaders of the priestly families, in the days of Eliashib, and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written down until the reign of Darius the Persian.)

23 The sons of Levi, princes of families, were written in the book of the words of days, and unto the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib. (But the leaders of the Levite families were written down in The Book of the Words of the Days, that is, in The Official Annals, only until the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.)

Nehemiah 12:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 12

This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1-26, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27-43, and of the appointment of some persons over the treasuries for the priests, Levites, singers, and porters, Ne 12:44-47.