Nehemiah 12:8

Moreover the Levites This list of Levite houses which returned along with Zerubbabel consists of eight names, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Unni. In Ezra 2:40-42, the list of the Levites and singers that returned consists of Jeshua, Kadmiel, Hodaviah (?), and the children of Asaph. Other Levitical lists occur in Nehemiah 10:9-14; Nehemiah 12:24-26. Jeshua and Kadmiel occur in all the lists. Binnui represents -the sons of Henadad", cf. Ezra 3:9 with Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:10, who probably returned to Jerusalem in the year after Zerubbabel. Sherebiah's name occurs in Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 10:13. Judah is probably to be identified with Hodijah in Nehemiah 10:10. Mattaniah is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:17 as an Asaphite chief. It is probable therefore that he represents -the children of Asaph" in Ezra 2:41, while other families of -the singers" are represented by Bakbukiah (? = Bukkiah of the sons of Heman, 1 Chronicles 25:4), who is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:17, and by Unno = Unni (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20).

the thanksgiving R.V. marg. -Or, the choirs". The Hebrew word only occurs here; and the LXX. not understanding it renders ἐπὶ τῶν χειρῶν. The Vulgate gives -super hymnos." Compare the description of Mattaniah, the Asaphite, in Nehemiah 11:17, -the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer."