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Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 12:1

Now, these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, in the preceding century, the names being taken from ancient records: SERAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZRA,... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:7

Sallu (or Sallai), AMOK, HILKIAH, JEDAIAH. THESE WERE THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS AND OF THEIR BRETHREN IN THE DAYS OF JOSHUA, the heads of the courses which remained of the twenty-four into which the priesthood was divided at the time of David, 1 Chronicles 24:1. The four courses which had returned fr... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:8

Moreover, the Levites: Joshua, Binnul, Kadmid, Sherebiah, ludah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, the choirmaster, or the leader in striking up the psalms of thanksgiving, as sung in the Temple services, HE AND HIS BRETHREN.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:9

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches, either stationed opposite them in the Temple or alternating with them in the office of guarding the Temple entrances.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:12

And in the days of Joia-kim, who was high priest at the time when Nehemiah was governor, WERE PRIESTS, THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, the heads of the priestly courses: OF SERAIAH, MERAIAH; OF JEREMIAH, HANANIAH;... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:21

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. It seems, then, that the course of Hattush became extinct, and that the name of the representative of Miniamin has dropped out.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:22

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan (called Jonathan above), AND JADDUA WERE RECORDED CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, they were entered into the registers under the names of their chiefs until the time of Alexander the Great; ALSO THE PRIESTS, TO THE REIGN OF DARIUS THE PERSIAN.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:23

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, the public registers in which the genealogical lists were kept, EVEN UNTIL THE DAYS OF JOHANAN, THE SON OF ELIASHIB.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:24

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, leaders of the singers among the Levites, TO PRAISE AND TO GIVE THANKS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID, THE MAN OF GOD, 1 Chronicles 23-26, WARD OVER AGAINST WARD, as in... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters, although the names of some singers are included, KEEPING THE WARD AT THE THRESHOLDS OF THE GATES, at the chambers for storage attached to the various gates, where the people could immediately deposit their gifts.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, that is, when Jehoiakim was high priest, AND IN THE DAYS OF NEHEMIAH, THE GOVERNOR, AND OF EZRA, THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE. To hold office as priest or Levite it was necessary that a man could prove his descent from Levi. At th... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:27

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, at the formal celebration following ITS COMPLETION, THEY SOUGHT THE LEVITES OUT OF ALL THEIR PLACES, since they were scattered throughout the province, Nehemiah 11:20, TO BRING THEM TO JERUSALEM, TO KEEP THE DEDICATION WITH GLADNESS, BOTH WITH THANKSGI... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:28

And the sons of the singers, the guild, or company, of singers as taken from the Levitical families, GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, BOTH OUT OF THE PLAIN COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, that is, from the surrounding villages, AND FROM THE VILLAGES OF NETOPHATHI, a town near Bethlehem, where the singer... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:29

also from the house of Gilgal, Beth-gilgal, also near Bethlehem, AND OUT OF THE FIELDS OF GEBA AND AZMAVETH, both of these towns apparently north of Jerusalem; FOR THE SINGERS HAD BUILDED THEM VILLAGES ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, within easy walking distance of the capital.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves and purified the people and the gates and the wall, most likely by a series of prescribed sacrifices and such other ceremonies as the Law and custom demanded.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:31

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, literally, "two great thanksgivings," WHEREOF ONE WENT ON THE RIGHT HAND UPON THE WALL, starting out from the Valley Gate and headed by the one company of singers, TOWARD THE DUNG GATE,... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:35

and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets, the blowing of which was a special priestly privilege; NAMELY, ZECHARIAH, THE SON OF JONATHAN, THE SON OF SHEMAIAH, THE SON OF MATTANIAH, THE SON OF MICHAIAH, THE SON OF ZACCUR, THE SON OF ASAPH;... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:36

and his brethren: Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God, those chosen and invented by David for the Temple orchestra, AND EZRA, THE SCRIBE, BEFORE THEM. Thus the procession went to the south and then turned... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:37

And at the Fountain Gate, which was over against them, near the Pool of Siloam, THEY WENT UP BY THE STAIRS OF THE CITY OF DAVID, leaving the wall at the Tower of Siloam, AT THE GOING UP OF THE WALL, ABOVE THE HOUSE OF DAVID, ascending the stairs where the wall loomed up above the house of David, EVE... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:38

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, starting out in the opposite direction from the Valley Gate, or that of Jaffa, AND I AFTER THEM, AND THE HALF OF THE PEOPLE UPON THE WALL, FROM BEYOND THE TOWER OF THE FURNACES, that is, past this tower, EVEN UNTO THE BREAD WALL,... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:39

and from above the Gate of Ephraim, near the northwestern corner of the city, AND ABOVE THE OLD GATE, almost at the northeastern corner, AND ABOVE THE FISH GATE, in the eastern wall, north of the Temple mount, AND THE TOWER OF HANANEEL, AND THE TOWER OF MEAH, these two structures bearing the names o... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:42

and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah, their overseer, the leader of the chorus.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:43

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, thank-offerings combined with a great sacrificial feast, AND REJOICED; FOR GOD HAD MADE THEM REJOICE WITH GREAT JOY; THE WIVES ALSO AND THE CHILDREN REJOICED, SO THAT THE JOY OF JERUSALEM, the shouting and singing and the reports of the glad rejoicing, WA... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:44

And at that time, at the Festival of the Dedication, WERE SOME APPOINTED OVER THE CHAMBERS FOR THE TREASURES, the cells or rooms where the gifts to the Temple were stored, FOR THE OFFERINGS, FOR THE FIRST-FRUITS, AND FOR THE TITHES, TO GATHER INTO THEM OUT OF THE FIELDS OF THE CITIES, the tilled gro... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:45

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, performing their appointed duties, AND THE WARD OF THEIR PURIFICATION, attending also to the duties of purifying, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon, his son, 1 Chronicles 25, 26.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:46

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, 2 Chronicles 29:30, AND SONGS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING UNTO GOD, and the purpose of Nehemiah was to restore the entire Temple service to its original beauty and completeness.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:47

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the porters, the dues intended for their maintenance, EVERY DAY HIS PORTION; AND THEY SANCTIFIED HOLY THINGS UNTO THE LEVITES, brought in their consecrated or dedicated gifts; AND THE LEVITES SA... [ Continue Reading ]

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