Nehemiah 12:23

The sons of Levi Here we have the heading or title of another enrolment. The expression -the sons of Levi" is to be noted, and compared with the mention of -the Levites" in Nehemiah 12:8; Nehemiah 12:22. The whole house of Levi is probably intended, priests and Levites together.

in the book of the chronicles Clearly not the same as our -Chronicles," although the title is the same; -the words of the days" was the regular Hebrew term for annals of any kind. The book here referred to seems to have been an official document, and to have been brought down to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib, hence presumably down to the close of the fifth century b.c.

even until the days … Eliashib Some connect with the following verse.