Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Ver. 1. _Now these are the priests and the Levites_] Ancestors to those that dedicated the walls; and here registered, as for honour's sake to themselves, so to show t... [ Continue Reading ]
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Ver. 2. _Amariah, Malluch_] _See Trapp on "_ Ezr 2:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. Ver. 8. _Which was over the thanksgiving_] _Praefectus Musicus,_ before doing the music. See Nehemiah 11:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches. Ver. 9. _In the watches_] In the order of their functions, taking their turns.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, Ver. 10. _Joiakim begat Eliashib_] Who proved a very wicked priest, Nehemiah 13:4,5, and his son Joiada was little better, being allied to Sanballat, Nehemiah 13:28 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. Ver. 11. _And Jonathan begat Jaddua_] Who was high priest in Alexander the Great's time; and meeting him, in his formalities, prevailed with him to spare the city of Jerusalem, and to confirm the privileges thereof, as Josephus reports.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. Ver. 22. _To the reign of Darius the Persian_] viz. Darius Codomannus, the last Persian king.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, [were] written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. Ver. 23. _In the book of the chronicles_] _sc._ 1 Chronicles 9:10, &c. _ Johanan the son of Eliashib_] That is, Jonathan, the grandchild of Eliashib, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. Ver. 27. _And at the dedication of the wall_] To s... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. Ver. 30. _Purified themselves, and purified the people_] But first themselves; because whoso would reform others must begin with himself, as Lyra here notes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, Ver. 34. _Judah, and Benjamin_] _i.e._ Men so called.... [ Continue Reading ]
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. Ver. 36. _And Ezra before them_] Before the first company, as Nehemiah came after the second, Nehemiah 12:4. As the f... [ Continue Reading ]
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. Ver. 39. _And from above the gate of Ephraim_] Much mention is here made of the several gates and... [ Continue Reading ]
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. Ver. 43. _For God had made them rejoice with great joy_] By giving them both matter of joy, and he... [ Continue Reading ]
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that w... [ Continue Reading ]