Nehemiah 12:40

40 And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

Nehemiah 12:40 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:40

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God
Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, ( Nehemiah 12:32 ) .

Nehemiah 12:40 In-Context

38 And the second thanksgiving company that is going over-against, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad wall,

39 and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate -- and they have stood at the prison-gate.

40 And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,

42 and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;